Name - Arothron nigropunctatus

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

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Variants and Synonyms

• Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801)

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Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Two cases of probable hybridisation between the pufferfishes Arothron meleagris (Anonymous 1798) and A. nigropunctatus (Bloch and Schneider 1801) on a fringing reef at Reunion Island.
• A complex of the blood fluke genus Psettarium (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) infecting tetraodontiform fishes of east Queensland waters.
• Redescription of Philometra pellucida (Jagerskiold, 1893) (Nematoda: Philometridae) parasitic in the abdominal cavity of the blackspotted puffer Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider) (Teleostei: Tetraodontidae) off Australia and Japan.
• New records of Philometra pellucida (Jagerskiold, 1893) (Nematoda: Philometridae) from the body cavity of Arothron mappa (Lesson) and Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch et Schneider) reared in aquariums, with synonymisation of Philometra robusta Moravec, Moller et Heeger, 1992.
• Eight species of Lintonium Stunkard & Nigrelli, 1930 (Digenea: Fellodistomidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes.

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