Green Rrough-backed Puffer
Lagocephalus lunaris
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
- Lagocephalus
Where to Find
Found in 21 diving areas across 11 countries and 3 regions.
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 10 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 3 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 3 records
- Koh Rong Archipelago, Cambodia - 2 records
- Koh Tang & Offshore, Cambodia - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 17 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 3 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 3 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 32 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 2 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 4 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 24 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 21 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 15 records