White-spotted Puffer

Arothron hispidus

It has no scales and inflates like a balloon to scare enemies away.

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Size

30–50 cm

Depth

1–50 m

Range

Red Sea to Indo-Pacific

Habitat

Seagrass beds

IUCN

Least Concern

How to spot

Brown-olive body covered in white spots; white rings around the pectoral fin base; pale belly with dark lines; inflates.

True colors

Gray to greenish-brown body covered in many small white spots, with a paler belly.

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