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Stripebelly puffer
Arothron hispidus
9.63458, -84.6865
Field Notes
Description:
Grayish/green with white spots, small beak like mouth, with eyes high on the head. Dark & white rings around the base of the pectoral fin. Upto max 48 centimetres.
Habitat:
On coral & rock reefs & slopes. From 6 to at least 40 metres depth.
Solitary, feeds day & night on algae and invertebrates, including seastars. In Eastern Pacific found from Baja California to Panama
Notes:
Skin, intestines and organs contain highly toxic tetraodotoxin - a very potent neurotoxin, which is produced by a bacterium. When threatened inflates by drawing in water.
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