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title: "Narrowlined Puffer"
description: "Arothron manilensis — Pesci. The narrow-lined pufferfish (Arothron manilensis) or striped puffer is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/narrowlined-puffer
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Narrowlined Puffer

> Arothron manilensis — Pesci. The narrow-lined pufferfish   (Arothron manilensis) or striped puffer is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Arothron manilensis*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1462
- Wikidata: [Q1529498](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1529498)
- iNaturalist taxon: [196935](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/196935)

## Names

- en: Narrowlined Puffer
- de: Manila-Kugelfisch
- es: Botete rayado de Manilla
- fr: Poisson-ballon pyjama
- pt: Baiacu-filipino

## Countries with the most observations

ID (348), PH (334), AU (285), NC (256), MY (49), GU (37), FJ (23), TW (17), TL (10), JP (9), HK (7), PG (7)

## Summary

The narrow-lined pufferfish   (Arothron manilensis) or striped puffer is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrow-lined_puffer

## Photo

![Narrowlined Puffer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/narrowlined-puffer/medium.jpg)

Photo: Astrid Osborne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/369248813

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/narrowlined-puffer?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).