Animal directory
Blackspotted Puffer
Care, environment, breeding and conservation records for Blackspotted Puffer.
Identity & conservation
- Scientific name
- Arothron nigropunctatus
- Enclosures
- Aquarium
- Status
- Least concern
- Status code
- LC
- Regions
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Biomes
- Reef
- Edition
- Base game
- Class group
- Fish
- Revealed
- 2026-07-28
- Status groups
- Least concern
- Tax class
- Actinopterygii
- Tax family
- Tetraodontidae
- Tax genus
- Arothron
- Tax order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Wild population
- Unknown
- Wild population count
- Unknown
Habitat & enclosure
- Barrier grade
- 1
- Barrier height
- 1 m
- Climb proof
- No
- Water barrier
- No
- Temp min
- 23 °C
- Temp max
- 27 °C
- Area land min
- Unknown
- Area land
- Unknown
- Area climbing
- Unknown
- Area deep water
- 16 m² + 40 m² per extra animal
- Area flying
- Unknown
- Area shelter
- Unknown
- Area water
- Unknown
- Humidity
- Unknown
- Plant cover
- 20-80%
- Salinity
- Saltwater
- Terrain
- Sand 30-80%, Soil 0-50%, Rock 20-70%
- Water barrier depth
- Unknown
- Water barrier width
- Unknown
Social life & breeding
- Group size
- 1-4 (up to 1 male, up to 3 females)
- Life expectancy
- 8-10 years
- Bachelor females
- 1-3
- Bachelor males
- 1
- Breeding difficulty
- Very Difficult
- Gestation
- Unknown
- Group name
- Unknown
- Interbirth
- 12 months
- Interbirth months
- 12 months
- Litter label
- Litter size
- Litter size
- 1-5
- Mating season
- Aseasonal
- Mating system
- Promiscuous
- Maturity age
- 2 years
- Maturity years
- 2 years
- Shoal fish
- No
- Shoal size
- Unknown
- Sterility age
- Death
Other facts
- Diet
- Krill, Clams and Crustaceans
- Colony size
- Unknown
- Colour morphs
- Yellow Morph, Blue Morph, Piebald
- Dominance
- Males fight for territories and access to females
- Enrichment
- Bubble Blower - Airstone, Submarine Buoy
- Exhibit types
- Unknown
- Feeders
- Aquatic Feeder - Flakes, Forage Tray
- Nest
- Unknown
- Offspring dispersal
- All offspring
- Size female
- 0.33 m
- Size male
- 0.33 m
- Size max
- 0.33 m
- Size measure
- Nose to rump
- Temperature
- 23 to 27°C
- Thriving group
- Unknown
- Thriving member of
- Large Indo-Pacific Reef animals
- Thriving with
- Unknown
- Water sources
- Unknown
- Weather dislikes
- Unknown
- Weight female
- Unknown
- Weight female text
- Unknown
- Weight juvenile
- 300 g
- Weight male
- Unknown
- Weight male text
- Unknown
Research levels
| Level | Unlocks | Research gate |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Thriving Requirement 1: at least 15 objects or plants with the Rocks tag; Blackspotted Puffer Fact Sheet | Unknown |
| Level 2 | Thriving Requirement 2: at least 5 objects or plants with the Ocean Bed tag; Fertility Level 1 (+15% fertility) | Unknown |
| Level 3 | Thriving Requirement 3: Food Grade 2; Release groups and release to the wild | Unknown |
| Level 4 | Thriving Requirement 4: at least 50% native plants | Unknown |
| Level 5 | Thriving Requirement 5: Deep Water Surface Area; Fertility Level 2 (+30% fertility) | Unknown |
Valid release groups
| Group | Type | Animals |
|---|---|---|
| Solitary Male | Solitary male | 1 male |
| Solitary Female | Solitary female | 1 female |
Blackspotted Puffer2
Biomes1
Enrichment items2
Research levels1
Valid release groups1
Related entries52
- Researches species · Blackspotted Puffer (Used by / linked from)
- Thrives with · Javanese Cownose Ray (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Aquatic Feeder - Flakes (Requires / provides)
- Has release groups · Blackspotted Puffer (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Salmonellosis (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Piscine Mycobacteriosis (Used by / linked from)
- Research levels · Blackspotted Puffer (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Vibriosis (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Submarine Buoy (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Submarine Buoy (Requires / provides)
- Blackspotted puffer · Blackspotted Puffer (Requires / provides)
- Biomes · Reef (Requires / provides)
- Thriving relationships · Ocellated Eagle Ray (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Amoebiasis (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Aquatic Feeder - Flakes (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Forage Tray (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Aquatic Feeder - Flakes (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Bubble Blower - Airstone (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Velvet Disease (Used by / linked from)
- Asked species · Animal Reintroduction projects (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Bubble Blower - Airstone (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Bubble Blower - Airstone (Requires / provides)
- Zoopedia entry · Blackspotted Puffer (Used by / linked from)
- Blackspotted puffer · Blackspotted Puffer (Requires / provides)
- Reward species · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Forage Tray (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Submarine Buoy (Used by / linked from)
- Thrives with · Humphead Wrasse (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Submarine Buoy (Requires / provides)
- Thrives with · Ocellated Eagle Ray (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Fusariosis (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Isopodiasis (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Nematodiasis (Used by / linked from)
- Thriving relationships · Humphead Wrasse (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Forage Tray (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Reef (Used by / linked from)
- Animals given as rewards · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Lives in biome · Reef (Requires / provides)
- Thriving relationships · Javanese Cownose Ray (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Viral Erythrocytic Necrosis (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Aquatic Feeder - Flakes (Used by / linked from)
- Valid release groups · Blackspotted Puffer (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Streptococcosis (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Forage Tray (Used by / linked from)
- Animals in this biome · Reef (Used by / linked from)
- Zoopedia entry · Blackspotted Puffer (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Bubble Blower - Airstone (Requires / provides)
- Thrives with · Indo-Pacific Leopard Shark (Used by / linked from)
- Thriving relationships · Indo-Pacific Leopard Shark (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · White Spot Disease (Used by / linked from)
- Has research · Blackspotted Puffer (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Furunculosis (Used by / linked from)
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