Arothron hispidus

Familia: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Arothron
Species:

• Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Holotype (unique): ZMUU Linn. Coll. 102
  • Type locality: India
  • Original combination: Tetraodon hispidus

• Tetraodon hispidus Linnaeus, 1758
• Tetraodon perspicillaris Rüppell, 1829
• Tetraodon semistriatus Rüppell, 1837
• Tetrodon implutus Jenyns, 1842
• Tetrodon laterna Richardson, 1845
• Tetrodon bondarus Cantor, 1849
• Tetrodon pusillus Klunzinger, 1871
• Tetraodon sazanami Tanaka, 1915

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 333. Reference page. 
• Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1–663. PDF. Reference page. 
• Randall, J. E., Bogorodsky, S. V. & Rose, J. M., 2012: Color variation of the puffer Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus) and comparison with A. reticularis (Bloch & Schneider). aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 41–54.

• Arothron hispidus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Arothron hispidus in the World Register of Marine Species
• Arothron hispidus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

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