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Updated 3/12/2022

Family Tetraodontidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

EASTERN PACIFIC

Arothron meleagris

Kapoho tidepools, Hawaii, 4 feet

 

Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, 15 feet

Cabo Pulmo, Baja California, Mexico

 

Yellow morph, Mexico

Baby Barge, Oahu, 75 feet

Ewa Pinnacles, Oahu, 85 feet

 SPOTTED PUFFER     'o'opu hue

Rare among branching coral upon which it feeds.  Attains 14 inches.  A small percentage may be yellow.  East Africa to Okinawa, Hawai'i, Polynesia, Mexico, and Ecuador.