Blackspotted Puffer
The blackspotted pufferfish (or Arothron nigropunctatus), also known as the dog-faced pufferfish, is a tropical marine fish commonly found throughout the Indo-Pacific region from the Eastern coast of Africa to the islands of the central Pacific Ocean. It typically inhabits coral reefs, reef slopes, and lagoons at a depth of up to 25m.
Blackspotted puffers are characterised by their stout, rounded bodies and short, ‘puppy-like’ snouts. Their colouration varies from pale grey to yellow to blue, or a combination thereof, with scattered black spots and sometimes dark patches around the eyes or along the back.
Blackspotted puffers grow to an adult length of up to 33cm.
Arothron nigropunctatus
Habitat needs
Space is stored as a minimum plus an amount per additional adult; the game's help adds that juveniles don't count. Plan a mixed habitat in the habitat planner.
Terrain
| Terrain | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Sand | 30% | 80% |
| Soil | 0% | 50% |
| Rock | 20% | 70% |
Share of the habitat's terrain.
Shares a cohabitation group with 13
Large Indo-Pacific Reef animals
Indo pacific reef group no sharks
Indo pacific reef group lionfish
Cohabitation groups are the game's own sets of species for mixed habitats. Check space, terrain and temperature for a group in the habitat planner.
Barriers with resistance grade 1 or higher 16
- Hedge grade 1 · $0.80 · climbable
- Fabric Netting grade 1 · $1 · climbable
- 1-Way Glass grade 2 · $1
- Chain Link grade 2 · $1 · climbable
- Corrugated grade 2 · $1
- Rope Netting grade 2 · $2 · climbable
- Glass grade 3 · $2
- Wire Netting grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Wood Logs grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Acrylic grade 4 · $3
- Steel Mesh grade 4 · $3 · climbable
- Thick Glass grade 4 · $3
- Brick grade 5 · $4
- Concrete grade 5 · $4
- Gabion grade 5 · $4 · climbable
- Electric grade 6 · $0.80
At least 1 m high. No water barrier. Grades are the ones the game's barrier tooltips state.
Enrichment it uses 2
- Submarine Buoy Toy · score 50 · $150
- Bubble Blower - Airstone Toy · score 100 · $100
Enrichment target: toys 100 + 60 per additional adult; feeders 5 + 5 per additional adult.
Food, life and breeding
- Food
- Krill + Clams and Crustaceans
- Food / drink amount
- 1 / 10
- Food cost, grade 1 / 2 / 3
- $204 / $287 / $287
- Feeders
- Aquatic Feeder - Flakes, Forage Tray
- Lifespan
- 8–10 yr
- Mature / prime / old / elderly
- 2 yr / 3 yr / 5 yr / 7 yr
- Gestation / between births
- 0 yr / 1 yr
- Litter
- 1–5
- Fertility
- 0.3
- Mating system
- Promiscuous
- Breeds in
- All seasons
- Dominance
- Males fight for territories and access to females
- Wild population
- Unknown
- Guests flee if it escapes
- No
Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.
Overview
- Scientific name
- Arothron nigropunctatus
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Biome
- Reef
- Continent
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Cohabitation groups
- Large Indo-Pacific Reef animals, Indo pacific reef group no sharks, Indo pacific reef group lionfish
- Content
- Base game