Accepted scientific name:
Arothron diadematus (Rüppell, 1829) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Arothron diadematus (Rüppell, 1829)
Synonyms:
Tetraodon diadematus Rüppell, 1829 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tetraodon diadematus Rüppell, 1829
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Hadroom Arabic Jordan(Gulf of Aqaba (Ref. 48643).) Click here to show the literature
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Lesh Carolinian Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Masked puffer English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Naamiopallokala Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Masken-Kugelfisch German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Tetraodontiformes FishBase
Family Tetraodontidae FishBase
Genus Arothron FishBase
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea. Very closely related to and considered by some authors conspecific with the Indo-Pacific Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider).
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: Considered as a synonym of A. nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider) in Eschmeyer (CofF 1998: Ref. 26282).
Source database: FishBase, Jul 2013   99%
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Matsuura, K., 02-Oct-2012
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=25413
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:f66b4e21-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20140401