Enhanced image featuring a Dog-faced Puffer hovering over the reef

Enhanced image featuring a Dog-faced Puffer hovering over the reef

Enhanced image featuring a Dog-faced Puffer hovering over a reef strewn with barnacles and coral formations, displaying the dog like profile from which its common name is derived. Puffers often find places to sleep during the day, often in coral nooks, or on sandy seabeds. They generally are less active during the daylight hours, hunting mostly at night, swimming slowly over the seabed or along the reef edge. However, they can make up for their slow motion movement with unexpected bursts of speed. If still endangered, they have a multitude of natural defenses including spines all over their bodies and the ability to intake water and double their size, hence the common name Puffer.

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Dog-faced Puffer Facts
Other names: Blackspotted Puffer
Scientific name: Arothron nigropunctatus
Family: Tetraodontidae (Puffers)
Max. size: 33 cm
Depth: 3 - 25 metres
Diet: Corals (usually Acropora), crustaceans, mollusks, sponges, tunicates, algae
Habitat: Food rich coastal reefs, outer reef crests and slopes
Distribution: East Africa to Micronesia and Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales.
Conservation: Not evaluated