Star Blaasop
Arothron stellatus
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 35 diving areas across 25 countries and 6 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 36 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 11 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 2 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 6 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 6 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 4 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 3 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 4 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 7 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 2 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 2 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 11 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 7 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 3 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 4 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 1 records
- Dubai & Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 8 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 4 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 5 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 4 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 6 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 2 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 4 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 4 records