Black Spotted Blow Fish
Arothron nigropunctatus
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 53 diving areas across 33 countries and 6 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 11 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 3 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 22 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 8 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 43 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 50 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 6 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 53 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 25 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 68 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 24 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 39 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 4 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 8 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 7 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 3 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 9 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 7 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 6 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 3 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 7 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 44 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 4 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 3 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 2 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 4 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 3 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 40 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 9 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 21 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 21 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 4 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 24 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 18 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 5 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 5 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 7 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 8 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 13 records