Arothron stellatus

Scientific Name:-

Arothron stellatus

Common Name:-

Stellate Puffer

Malayalam Name:-

Nakshathra Kadalmaakri

Category:-

Fishes

Status:-

Not Evaluated

Description:-

white with numerous small black spots that become relatively smaller and more numerous as the fish grows. Juveniles are orange with small black spots. They have diagonal black bands crossing the abdomen - See more at: http://australianmuseum.net.au/Starry-Pufferfish-Arothron-stellatus-Bloch-Schneider-1801#sthash.gInmztun.dpuf

Threats:-

Poisonous to eat

Remark:-

Commercial, Ornamental

Habitat:-

Reef Associated, Estuarine

Synonyms:-

Arothron aerostaticus (Jenyns, 1842)
(Junior synonym)
Arothron alboreticulatus Tanaka, 1908
(Junior synonym)
Diodon asper Cuvier, 1818
(Junior synonym)
Kanduka michiei Hora, 1925
(Junior synonym)
Takifugu stellatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
(Senior synonym)
Tetraodon calamara Ruppell, 1829
(Junior synonym)
Tetrodon aerostaticus Jenyns, 1842
(Junior synonym)
Tetrodon lagocephalus stellatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
(Senior synonym)
Tetrodon punctatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
(Junior synonym)
Tetrodon stellatus Shaw, 1804
(Ambiguous synonym)
Chelonodon stellaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
(Misspelling)
Tetraodon aerostatious Jenyns, 1842
(Misspelling)
Tetrodon stellatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

References:-

Marine Biological Station, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (2003) Checklist of marine fauna of Tamil Nadu Department of Environment, Government of Tamil Nadu Available at - http://tnenvis.nic.in
Dr. Ramesh, R; Dr. Nammalwar, P and Dr. Gowri, VS (2008) Database on coastal information of Tamil Nadu Report Submitted to Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Centre, Department of Environment, Government of Tamil Nadu Institute for Ocean Management, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Available at - http://tnenvis.nic.in/PDF/coastal%20data.pdf
Rajaram, R; Srinivasan, M; Khan, SA and Kannan, L (2004) Ichthyofaunal diversity of great Nicobar Island, Bay of Bengal Journal of Indian fisheries association 31 13-26 Available at - NIO, Goa
Rajaram, R and Nedumaran, T (2009) Ichthyofaunal diversity in great Nicobar biosphere reserve, Bay of Bengal Journal of Threatened Taxa Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 1(3) 166-169 Available at - http://threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2009/March/o198526iii09166-169.pdf
Bijukumar, A and Deepthi, GR (2009) Mean trophic index of fish fauna associated with trawl bycatch of Kerala, southwest coast of India Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India The Marine Biological Association of India, Cochin 51(2) 145 - 154 Available at - NIO, Goa
Balachandran, K and Nizar, MA (1990) A check list of fishes of the Exclusive Economic Zone of India collected during the research cruises of FORV Sagar Sampada Proceedings of the first workshop on scientific results of FORV Sagar Sampada CMFRI, Cochin 305-324 Available at - http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/5269/1/43.pdf
Rao, GC; Rao, DV and Devi, K (1994) A faunal exploration of the North Reef Island sanctuary, North Andaman Journal of the Andaman Science Association Andaman Science Association, Port Blair 10(1&2) 68-81 Available at - NIO, Goa
Murty, VS (2002) Marine ornamental fish resources of Lakshadweep CMFRI Special Publication CMFRI 72 1-134 Available at - http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3536/1/Special_Publication_No_72.pdf
Varghese, M; Manisseri, MK; Ramamurthy, N; Geetha, PM; Thomas, VJ and Gandhi, A (2011) Coral reef fishes of Gulf of Mannar, S.E of India Fishing Chimes CMFRI 31(1) 38-40 Available at - NIO, Goa
Dholakia, AD (2004) Marine resources Fisheries and aquatic resources of India Daya publishing house 271-303 Available at - NIO, Goa
Pillai, PKM and Augustine, SK (2000) A code list of common marine living resources of the Indian seas CMFRI Special Publication No.12 CMFRI 1-115 Available at - eprints.cmfri.org.in/3975/1/Special_Publication_No_12_Revised.pdf

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