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Blackspotted puffers are fast swimmers and can move swiftly about their habitat.

Yellowspotted burrfish using its defense system

$Starry Puffer Arothron stellatus occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea and East Africa eastward through Indonesia to the Tuamotus, northward to southern Japan, southward to Lord Howe Island in a depth range from 3 to 58 m, max. total length 120cm, common length 54cm. \nThe species is relatively uncommon in patch reefs and coral slopes near sandy areas of clear lagoon and seaward reefs. Juveniles occur in sandy and weedy inner reefs, adults on clear lagoons and seaward reefs. \nStarry Puffers are poisonous to eat for humans. \nLembeh Strait, Indonesia \n1°28'56.394 N 125°15'15.588 E at 7m depth$

Pufferfish Blows itself up , after I release it from a fisherman's net

Blowfish or puffer fish hanging in souvenir shops in Thailand

Stellate puffer Arothron meleagris at coral reef in the sea

Close up of a yellow and black puffer fish, facing the camer

Carcass of a puffer fish washed up by the tide on a beach in Brazil

Feathered heylin Cheilinus undulatus in blue water among rocks

$White-spotted Puffer Arothron hispidus occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea and East Africa to Panama, north to southern Japan and the Hawaiian Islands, south to Lord Howe and Rapa islands, in the Eastern Pacific from the Baja California and the Gulf of California to Panama in a depth range from 1 to 50m, max. total length 50cm, max. weight 2kg. \nThe species inhabits outer reef slopes to depths of at least 50 m, inner reef flats and lagoons. Juveniles are common in weedy areas of estuaries, near rocky reef or on sand-stretches between reefs with low algae-rubble reef to about 20 meters depth, or in shallow with sparse seagrass growth. \nArothron hispidus feeds on fleshy, calcareous, or coralline algae, detritus, mollusks, tunicates, sponges, corals, zoanthid anemones, crabs, tube worms and echinoderms. \nThe species is toxic to predators and humans. If consumed, the tetrodotoxin (TTX) can cause symptoms like numbness, muscle weakness, respiratory failure, and even death. \nDespite their toxicity, pufferfish like Arothron hispidus are sometimes consumed in specific cultures (such as Japanese fugu), but only when prepared by licensed professionals who know how to remove toxic parts safely. \nLembeh Strait, Indonesia\n1°29'33.414 N 125°15'40.446 E at 17m depth$

Close-up view of a White-spotted puffer (Arothron hispidus) arothron meleagris

Close-up portrait of longspined porcupinefish, ray-finned fish, swimming in aquarium. It is nocturnal, can inflate its body so that its sharp spines rise when alarmed. Diodon holocanthus

Tropical salt water fish Striped burrfish (Chilomycterus schoepfi)

White-spotted puffer fish (Arothron hispidus) swimming in the clean sea underwater with colorful corals background

Puffer fish is very delicious and popular meal in China. The puffer fish n captivity is without poison and safe to be human food. When the staff of a restaurant held a puffer fish, with its belly full of air and in a round shape, it was very cute.

The blackspotted puffer (Arothron Nigropunctatus)

$Porcupinefish Diodon hystrix is commonly seen in caves and holes in shallow reefs, like this specimen.\nThis species occurs circumtropical in lagoon and seaward reefs to at least 50m. Juveniles to about 20 cm are pelagic, and adults are benthic. This species lives solitary and nocturnal, feeding on hard shelled invertebrates like sea urchins, gastropods, and hermit crabs.\nDramai Rock, Westpapua, Indonesia \n4°2'33.036 S 134°14'12.858 E at 5m depth$

Blackspotted Puffer fish is poisonous and puffs up its body like a balloon to avoid being eaten.

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