Stripebelly Puffer - huehue
(Arothron
hispidus)
Photo by Gerick Bergsma
Puffers get there name from their ability to fill their stomachs with water to appear bigger than are when threatened.
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Indo-Pacific
: Red Sea and East Africa to Panama, north to southern Japan and the
Hawaiian Islands, south to Lord Howe and Rapa islands. Eastern Pacific:
Baja California and the Gulf of California to Panama. |
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Inhabit
outer reef slopes to depths of at least 150 ft, as well as reef flats
and lagoons. Usually solitary and territorial on sandy to rubble areas. |
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Stripebelly
Puffers feed on coralline algae, detritus, mollusks, tunicates,
sponges, corals, anemones, crabs, tube worms and echinoderms. |
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Juvenile Stripebelly Puffers are common in seagrass areas of estuaries and coastal bays. |
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- Wikipedia
- Moorea Biocode Database |