Species Arothron meleagris (Anonymous, 1798)
Whitespotted Pufferfish, Guineafowl Puffer, White-spotted Pufferfish
- Tetrodon meleagris Anonymous 1798. Paris b. Plassan: Histoire naturelle des poissons par le Cit. La Cepède, etc. Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung, Berlin 3(288): 681-685 [684] [often attributed to Lacépède, B.G. 1798. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 1 532 pp. 25 pls [476, 505], but usage considered French vernacular].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Asia.
Generic Combinations
- Ovoides meleagris (Lacépède, 1798). —
Waite, E.R. 1900. Additions to the fish-fauna of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 3(7): 193-209 figs 1-2 pls 34-36 [207] - Arothron meleagris (Lacépède, 1798). —
Masuda, H., Amaoka, K., Araga, C., Uyeno, T. & Yoshino, T. (eds) 1984. The Fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Tokyo : Tokai University Press Vol. 1–2 437 pp. 247 figs 370 pls. [365]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Christmas Island, Scott Reef, WA (14°03'S), Cape Clinton (22°32'S) to Moreton Bay (27°25'S), QLD, and Lord Howe Island, NSW; tropical, Indo-Pacific.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Christmas Island Province (23), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Distribution References
- Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Randall, J.E., Russell, B.C., Starck, W.A., Talbot, F.H. & Whitley, G.P. 1976. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 30(15): 365-454 figs 1-2 [440]
- Allen, G.R. & Russell, B.C. 1986. Part VII Fishes. pp. 79-103 in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Faunal Surveys of the Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and Seringapatam Reef, northwestern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 25: 1-106 [102]
- Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170 figs 1-2 [168]
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [336]
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, inshore.
Extra Ecological Information
1-15 m.
General References
Su, J. & Tyler, J.C. 1986. Diagnoses of Arothron nigropunctatus and A. meleagris, two extremely polychromatic Indo-Pacific pufferfishes (Pisces : Tetraodontidae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 138(1): 14-32 figs 1-5 [18]
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. & Steene, R.C. 1988. Fishes of Christmas Island Indian Ocean. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 197 pp. [164] (Guineafowl Puffer)
Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [412] (White-spotted Pufferfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Whitespotted Pufferfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |