Fish Species

Dogfaced Puffer Fish

Dogfaced Puffer Fish - Description

The Dogfaced Puffer Fish is so called due to the similarity of it's face to that of a dog, it's colouring goes through several changes throughout it's life.

Popular Name: Dogfaced Puffer Fish
Species: Arothron Nigropunctatus

Profile of the Dogfaced Puffer Fish

 This Profile contains interesting facts and information about the Dogfaced Puffer Fish species.

  • Size: 9 inches maximum in captivity

  • Fish Tank conditions: Temperature 78ºF - pH 8.3 - minimum 75 litre tank

  • Temperament: Semi-aggressive towards fish of a similar or smaller size

  • Diet / Feeding: most live and frozen food

  • Habitat: Coral or rocky reefs at depths from 2 to 50 m

  • Behaviour: May act semi-aggressively toward other fish of the same size or smaller

  • Range: Indo-Pacific

Scientific Classification of the Dogfaced Puffer Fish

 Definition: Scientific classification, or biological classification, is how biologists group and categorize species of organisms with shared physical characteristics. Scientific classification belongs to the science of taxonomy.

  • Species: Arothron Nigropunctatus

  • Popular Names: Dogfaced Puffer Fish - Black spotted Puffer - Dog faced Puffer Fish - Dogfaced Pufferfish

  • Kingdom: Animalia

  • Class: Actinopterygii

  • Order: Tetraodontiformes

  • Family:Tetraodontidae

 

Puffer Fish Index


Facts about Fish Species - Dogfaced Puffer Fish

The colours, shapes and sizes of individual fishes varies enormously - you really need excellent quality pictures or photographs to assist in the identification process.

A combination of the number of fins and their characteristics, color, scale counts, general features, maximum length and distribution are used during a species identification process.

 

The species detailed on this website are Tropical, Saltwater, Aquarium , Marine , Pet , Pond, Clown, Koi, Beta (Betta), Gold Fish (Goldfish), Star, Angel, Puffer, Discus, Piranha, Rainbow, Parrot, Crustaceans, Sea Anemones and Coral.

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