Animal Diversity Web

Arothron nigropunctatus

Black spotted blow fish

(Also: Puffer fish)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Tetraodontiformes
        
        Family Tetraodontidae (Puffers)
        
        Genus Arothron
        
        Species Arothron nigropunctatus (Black spotted blow fish)