Blackedged Blaasop
Arothron immaculatus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
- Genus
- Arothron
Where to Find
Found in 28 diving areas across 18 countries and 6 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 3 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 4 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 6 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 29 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 8 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 2 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 24 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 10 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Dar es Salaam & Offshore Islands, Tanzania - 29 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 3 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 4 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 3 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 4 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 3 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 10 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 4 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 1 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 5 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 3 records