Starry toado

Arothron firmamentum

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth37–172 m
Water temperature14–28 °C
Best monthsApril
How commonRare

About this species

The starry toado is a pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae, found in subtropical oceans worldwide, at depths between 10 and 360 m. Its length is up to 40 cm.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Starry toado”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 7 records
February: 13 records
March: 13 records
April: 97 records
May: 19 records
June: 12 records
July: 6 records
August: 8 records
September: 3 records
October: 11 records
November: 15 records
December: 7 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 37–172 m · Deepest record: 665 m

0–10 m: 3 records
10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 3 records
30–40 m: 24 records
40–50 m: 12 records
50–60 m: 12 records
60–70 m: 7 records
70–80 m: 74 records
80–90 m: 2 records
90–100 m: 3 records
100–110 m: 7 records
110+ m: 40 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–28 °C

14–16 °C: 16 records
16–18 °C: 7 records
18–20 °C: 142 records
20–22 °C: 39 records
22–24 °C: 16 records
24–26 °C: 7 records
26–28 °C: 1 records
28–30 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

English: Starry toado, Mainstay Puffer, Starry Toadfish

Names in 4 more languages

Spanish: Botete estrellado bonito
Japanese: Hoshifugu, ホシフグ
Korean: 별복
Simplified Chinese: 河魨, 瓣叉鼻魨, 規仔

Other scientific names: Boesemanichthys firmamentum, Tetraodon firmamentum

Similar species

Bristly puffer
Arothron hispidus
Guineafowl puffer
Arothron meleagris
Narrow-lined toadfish
Arothron immaculatus
Narrow-lined Puffer
Arothron manilensis
Map puffer
Arothron mappa
Blackspotted puffer
Arothron nigropunctatus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
291 open-data records from 1899 to 2016.

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