White-spotted puffer

Arothron hispidus

The white-spotted puffer is a medium to large-sized puffer fish, it can reach 50 cm length. It is light grey in color, or greyish or yellowish, and clearly covered with more or less regular white points, that become concentric contrasting white and dark grey lines that radiate around the eyes and pectoral fins. The ventral part is white. The "shoulder" is dark. It also has concentric contrasting white and dark grey lines that radiate around the eyes and pectoral fins.
White-spotted puffer (Arothron hispidus) Tanjung Lampy, Lembeh. This one was as curious of me as I was of him/her. They are normally quite calm and nonchalant creatures :-) Arothron hispidus,Geotagged,Indonesia,Spring,White-spotted puffer

Appearance

Its distribution extends through the Indo-Pacific area, Red Sea included, to the eastern Pacific Ocean. It can be found at depths of three to 35 metres.
Arothron hispidus-White-Spotted Puffer Bianca, Lembeh. Arothron hispidus,Geotagged,Indonesia,Spring,White-spotted puffer

Behavior

The adult is nocturnal and solitary. It is territorial, becoming somewhat aggressive.
White Spotted Puffer - Arothron hispidus Mandarin House Reef, Lembeh. It was during a night dive so the illumination with the flash lights made a nice effect through the puffer's eye. https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77448/white_spotted_puffer_-_arothron_hispidus.html Arothron hispidus,Geotagged,Indonesia,Spring,White-spotted puffer

Habitat

Its habitat types include reefs, lagoons, estuaries, and tidepools.
Arothron hispidus Mandarin Reef Diver's Lodge, Lembeh. Arothron hispidus,Geotagged,Indonesia,Spring,White-spotted puffer

Food

Its diet includes calcareous or coralline algae, molluscs, tunicates, sponges, corals, zoanthids, crabs, polychaetes, starfish, urchins, krill, and silversides.

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