Narrow-lined toadfish

Arothron immaculatus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth1–48 m
Water temperature18–30 °C
Best monthsJanuary, May, and September
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Leonel Roget, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Arothron immaculatus, the immaculate puffer or yellow-eyed puffer, is a pale greyish to brownish pufferfish from the Indo-West Pacific. It is a species of marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 46 records
February: 29 records
March: 42 records
April: 43 records
May: 47 records
June: 24 records
July: 41 records
August: 46 records
September: 47 records
October: 41 records
November: 46 records
December: 44 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–48 m · Deepest record: 216.5 m

0–10 m: 24 records
10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 6 records
30–40 m: 9 records
40–50 m: 5 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–30 °C

18–20 °C: 4 records
20–22 °C: 4 records
22–24 °C: 37 records
24–26 °C: 15 records
26–28 °C: 53 records
28–30 °C: 99 records

Photos

(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
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(c) renjus box, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Vsevolod Rudyi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Narrow-lined toadfish, Blackedged Blaasop, Black-edged Puffer, immaculate blowfish, Immaculate Blow Fish, Immaculate puffer, Immaculate Pufferfish, narrow-lined toadfish, plain toado, Yellow-eyed Puffer, Yellow-eye Puffer, Yellow-eye Pufferfish

Names in 7 more languages

German: Seegras-Kugelfisch
Spanish: Botete de ojos dorados
Filipino: Butete
French: Poisson-ballon à lignes brunes
Japanese: Kasumifugu, カスミフグ
Thai: ปลาปักเป้าก้นดำ, ปลาปักเป้าหางด่าง
Simplified Chinese: 無斑叉鼻魨, 規仔, 鐵紋河魨

Other scientific names: Crayracion immaculatus, Dilobmycterus sordidus, Dilobomycter sordidus, Tetraodon aspilos, Tetraodon immaculatus, Tetraodon kunhardtii, Tetraodon parvus, Tetraodon scaber, Tetraodon sordidus, Tetrodon immaculatus, Tetrodon sordidus

Similar species

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

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).
391 open-data records from 1801 to 2012.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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