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title: "Blackspotted Puffer"
description: "Arothron nigropunctatus — Vissen. The blackspotted puffer (Arothron nigropunctatus), also known as the dog-faced puffer, is a tropical marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/blackspotted-puffer
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blackspotted Puffer

> Arothron nigropunctatus — Vissen. The blackspotted puffer  (Arothron nigropunctatus), also known as the dog-faced puffer, is a tropical marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Arothron nigropunctatus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 4811
- Wikidata: [Q728458](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q728458)
- iNaturalist taxon: [119385](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119385)

## Names

- en: Blackspotted Puffer
- de: Schwarzfleck-Kugelfisch
- es: Botete Cara de Perro
- fr: Poisson-ballon à points noirs

## Countries with the most observations

ID (1228), PH (637), FJ (231), TH (218), MV (160), MY (153), JP (97), AU (88), GU (84), RE (83), TW (82), NC (76)

## Summary

The blackspotted puffer  (Arothron nigropunctatus), also known as the dog-faced puffer, is a tropical marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142455359

## Machine access

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