Scientific Name	Arothron stellatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)	Depth	3 - 58M
Chinese	星斑叉鼻魨	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	四齒魨科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F509　Tetraodontidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	星斑叉鼻魨
Max Length	120 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	模樣河魨、規仔、刺規(臺東)、烏規(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Estuary、Coastal、 Lagoon	Holotype Locality	East India
Synonyms	Arothron aerostaticus, Arothron alboreticulatus, Arothron stellatus, Chelonodon stellaris, Diodon asper, Kanduka michiei, Takifugu stellatus, Tetraodon aerostaticus, Tetraodon aerostatious, Tetraodon alboreticulatus, Tetraodon calamara, Tetraodon lagocephalus var. stellatus, Tetraodon punctatus ...all 23..
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；中國動物誌-魨形目(蘇等, 2002)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 蘇錦祥, 李春生 編著 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0054361. ASIZP0056753. ASIZP0058181. ASIZP0058182. ASIZP0062581. ASIZP0070328. ASIZP0070785. ASIZP0075146. ASIZP0807684. ASIZP0900409. ASIZP0916914. ASIZP0917684. CAS29984. FRIP00136. FRIP01124. FRIP20544. NMMSTP00249. NTMP1304. NTUM02347. NTUM02354. NTUM02355. NTUM06306. NTUM07704. ZMH20774.
Common Name	Starry toadfish; Staring blow fish; Toby; Star puffer; Star blaasop; Starry puffer
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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