Appearance
The dorsal fin of "A. multilineatus" has ten to eleven soft rays and the anal fin has nine to eleven. The body is covered with small spinules except around the eyes and mouth, the gill openings, the fin bases and the sides of the caudal peduncle. This fish grows to a maximum length of 43 cm. It is characterised by having narrow white convoluted linear markings on a deep greenish-brown background. It is similar in appearance to another rare species, "Arothron carduus", which has narrow dark-coloured convoluted lines on a white background.Habitat
"A. multilineatus" is found at depths of between 10 and 25 m on sandy seabeds in the Ryukyu Islands. Underwater photographs from there, Mozambique and the Red Sea, and documentary evidence from the Philippines, indicate that it has a wide distribution.References:
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