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Updated 10/26/2022

Family Tetraodontidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

EASTERN PACIFIC

Arothron hispidus

Fish Hole, Midway Atoll, 40 feet

 

Night, Nanahoa, Lana'i, 40 feet

 

Fish Hole, Midway Atoll, 40 feet

Moku O Loe, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, 3 feet

 

Ft. Kamehameha, Oahu, 3 feet

Juvenile, Kaupo tidepool, Oahu

 

Puako, Hawaii, 10 feet

 



German Wall, Palau, 15 feet

Electric Beach, Oahu, 25 feet

 

Waikiki, Oahu, 3 feet

  STRIPEBELLY PUFFER     'o'opu hue

Common among sand and rubble at any depth where it feeds upon buried invertebrates.  Attains 19 inches.  Red Sea to Japan, Hawai'i, Mexico, and Panama.