| Immaculate puffer | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Arothron |
| Species: | A. immaculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) | |
Arothron immaculatus, the immaculate puffer or yellow-eyed puffer, is a pale greyish to brownish pufferfish from the Indo-West Pacific. It is a species of marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae.
The immaculate puffer is a pufferfish and has a rounded body with a short tail. They have no scales or clear lateral line. They are grey or light brown, though they have the ability to change this to a mottled grey-green coloration presumably used for camouflage. [2] The lips and iris of the immaculate pufferfish are yellow. The caudal fin is yellow, bordered with black.
The immaculate puffer is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean from the northern coast of Australia throughout Indonesia and even as far west as Madagascar and the east coast of Africa.[ citation needed ] They are usually found on sandy bottoms close to reefs and in lagoons to a depth of 30 meters. [2] Immaculate puffers are often found hunting in patches of isolated rubble and in fields of sea grasses. [2]
The immaculate puffer is primarily carnivorous but has been reported feeding on sea grasses and mangroves as well. [3] Their normal diet consists of crustaceans and mollusks. [2]
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