White-spotted puffer (Arothron hispidus) is a saltwater, brackish species recorded in Hong Kong, Taiwan. It is mainly found over reef, at depths of 1–50 m.
Scientific name: Arothron hispidus · Water: Saltwater, Brackish
Size: up to 50 cm
The white-spotted puffer is a tetraodontid, one of the pufferfishes. Adults are solitary and territorial over sand and rubble, and the species also enters weedy shallows in estuaries, where juveniles are particularly common. Its diet is unusually broad - eight categories in all: algae, detritus, sponges, corals, colonial anemones, crabs, tube worms and echinoderms. It is found from 1 to 50 m and reaches about 50 cm total length. Available all year.
Caution: contains tetrodotoxin. Never prepare or eat this fish yourself; handling and eating must follow the local food-safety rules.
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