Starry toado
Starry toado | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Tetraodontidae |
Genus: | Arothron |
Species: | A. firmamentum
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Binomial name | |
Arothron firmamentum |
The starry toado (Arothron firmamentum) is a pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae, found in subtropical oceans worldwide, at depths between 10 and 360 m. Its length is up to 40 cm.
References[]
- ^ Shao, K.; Liu, M.; Jing, L.; Hardy, G.; Leis, J.L.; Matsuura, K. (2014). "Arothron firmamentum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T193822A2283115. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193822A2283115.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Arothron firmamentum" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Arothron
- Fish described in 1850
- Marine fish of New Zealand
- Tetraodontiformes stubs