Field GuideChange city
Back to Cairns
  • White-spotted Puffer, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Luis P. B., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • White-spotted Puffer, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) François Libert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

  • White-spotted Puffer, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Rafi Amar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • White-spotted Puffer, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Tracey Howley, all rights reserved

  • White-spotted Puffer, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Jan (Arny) Messersmith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

  • White-spotted Puffer, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) John Turnbull, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

1 of 6 photos

White-spotted Puffer

Arothron hispidus

Worldwide
6,882 observations
Group
Fish
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

The white-spotted puffer (Arothron hispidus) 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" (around the pectoral fins) is dark. It also has concentric contrasting white and dark grey...

Summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Recent sightings near Cairns

Research-grade observations within 25 km, newest first.