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White spotted pufferfish

White spotted pufferfish in hawaiian waters
08/23
  • Scientific name: Arothron hispidus
  • Hawaïan name: O'opu-Hue

    • The white spotted pufferfish has a powerful mouth enabling it to grab mollusks, sea-stars, coral, to crush and swallow them. If threatened, the white spotted pufferfish fills with water and then looks like a balloon from which only the tail, eyes and mouth stick up.