Arothron stellatus

Biology and fishery. Epibenthic, benthopelagic and mainly marine. Juveniles common inshore, usually on muddy substrates and often in estuaries. Adults on deep slopes and outer reefs, sometimes swimming high above the substrate or just below the surface. Pelagic larvae may disperse over great distance and juveniles occur in subtropical zone. Specimens above 45 m consume amphipods, crustaceans, fish eggs and diatoms (Kuthalingam et al. 1973). The length ranged from 15.5 to 115 cm TL male / unsexed generally caught with fishing trawls and fiber boat.

Sumber: Distribution of Tetraodontiformes (Family: Tetraodontidae) along the Parangipettai Coast, Southeast coast of India

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Lord Howe Island and northern New Zealand. Found in patch reefs and coral reef slopes near sandy areas of clear lagoon and seaward reefs; juveniles occur in sandy and seagrass inner reefs, 1 – 58 m depth. Marine.

Sumber: Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records