Arothron immaculatus Yellow-Eye Puffer, Plain Toado, Yellow-Eyed Puffer, Immaculate Pufferfish, Yellow-Eye Pufferfish, Immaculate Puffer

Arothron immaculatus is commonly referred to as Yellow-Eye Puffer, Plain Toado, Yellow-Eyed Puffer, Immaculate Pufferfish, Yellow-Eye Pufferfish, Immaculate Puffer. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

2007 

AphiaID:

219931 

Scientific:

Arothron immaculatus 

German:

Kugelfisch 

English:

Yellow-Eye Puffer, Plain Toado, Yellow-Eyed Puffer, Immaculate Pufferfish, Yellow-Eye Pufferfish, Immaculate Puffer 

Category:

Pufferfishes/Globefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Tetraodontidae (Family) > Arothron (Genus) > immaculatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bloch & Schneider, ), 1801 

Occurrence:

El Salvador, Hong Kong, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Austral Islands, Australia, Bali, Cambodia, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Corea, Costa Rica, East Africa, Eastern Indian Ocean, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Flores, French Polynesia, Galapagos Islands, Gambier Islands, Guam, Guatemala, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), Israel, Japan, Kenya, Lesser Antilles, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Maumere, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Northern Mariana Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Red Sea, Réunion , Rodriguez, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Timor, Timor Sea, Togean Islands, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean, Yemen, Zanzibar 

Sea depth:

3 - 30 Meter 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Aquatic plant, Brine Shrimps, Frozen Food (large sort), Invertebrates, Mysis, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Arothron caeruleopunctatus
  Blaupunkt-Kugelfisch
• 
  Arothron carduus
  Kugelfisch
• 
  Arothron diadematus
  Masken-Kugelfisch
• 
  Arothron firmamentum
  Kugelfisch
• Arothron gillbanksii
• 
  Arothron hispidus
  Weißflecken-Kugelfisch
• 
  Arothron immaculatus
  Kugelfisch
• 
  Arothron inconditus
  Kugelfisch
• 
  Arothron manilensis
  Gestreifter Kugelfisch
• 
  Arothron mappa
  Landkarten-Kugelfisch
• 
  Arothron meleagris
  Perlhuhn-Kugelfisch
• 
  Arothron multilineatus
  Kugelfisch
• 
  Arothron nigropunctatus
  Schwarzflecken-Kugelfisch
• 
  Arothron reticularis
  Vernetzter-Kugelfisch
• 
  Arothron stellatus
  Riesenkugelfisch
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2006-08-27 18:22:55 

Last edit:

2021-01-29 13:25:15 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Arothron immaculatus has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Arothron immaculatus in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Arothron immaculatus. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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