Map puffer fish
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Map pufferfish ( Arothron mappa ) |
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The map puffer ( Arothron mappa ), also known as Mappa puffer , lives in the tropical, western Indo-Pacific from East and South Africa to the Ryūkyū Islands , Samoa , the Ryūkyū Islands, south to New Caledonia and the coast of northeastern Australia ( Queensland ). It is common in the Seychelles , but only sporadically in the rest of its range. He always stays close to a hiding place, especially in clear lagoons and in protected outer reefs near the coast.
The color drawing of the map puffer fish consists of a pattern of intertwined black lines that run radially to the eye. The basic color is whitish, yellow or greenish, often black between the pectoral fins . The fish are 65 centimeters long. The skin is flaky and covered with small spines.
Fin formula : dorsal 0 / 11–12, anal 0 / 10–11
Map puffer fish live close to the ground, are solitary and territorial and feed on fleshy and hard algae, sponges , sea squirts , molluscs , crustaceans and other bottom-dwelling invertebrates .
literature
- Baensch, Patzner: Mergus Sea Water Atlas Volume 6 Non-Perciformes (non-perch-like) . Mergus-Verlag, Melle, ISBN 3-88244-116-X
- Ewald Lieske, Robert F. Myers: Coral fish of the world . Year Top Special Verlag Hamburg, ISBN 3-86132-112-2
- Dieter Eichler, Robert F. Myers: Coral fish Indo-Pacific . Jahr-Verlag GmbG & Co., ISBN 3-86132-225-0
Web links
- Map puffer fish on Fishbase.org (English)