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Species Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Yellow-eye Puffer, Immaculate Puffer, Immaculate Pufferfish, Plain Toado, Yellow-eye Pufferfish, Yellow-eyed Puffer

 

Introduction

Some early records of this species may be misidentifications of Arothron maniliensis (see Randall, 1985).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Dampier Archipelago, WA (21°01'S) to Arafura Sea, NT, Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea (12°16'S) and Prince of Wales Island, Cape York (1037'S) to Shoalwater Bay (22°26'S), QLD; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, inshore, mud bottom-marine, sand bottom marine.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2010 (import)