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Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Order: Tetraodontiformes (triggerfishes, pufferfishes, spikefishes)
Family: [[Tetraodontidae ]]
Scientific Name: Arothron manilensis
Other Scientific Name(s): Tetrodon manilensis, Arothron manillensis, Tetrodon virgatus, Holacanthus pilosus, Dibolomycter longicaudus
Common Name: Narrow-lined Puffer

Salinity: Saltwater
PH: 7.6-8.2
Temperature: 74-80F (23-26C)
Maximum Size: 12 inches (31cm) (about half in captivity)
Minimum Tank: 100 Gallons(US)
Activity: Hunter/seeker
Lifespan: 10 years
Breeding: Unknown
Gender: No sexual dimorphism

Temperament: Aggressive, though less so than other puffers toward other fish.
Distribution: Western Pacific: Borneo, Philippines, and northwest Australia to Samoa., northward to the Ryukyu Islands in Japan, southward to New South Wales in Australia and Tonga.
Care: These puffers are also sensitive to nitrites and ammonia and should only be introduced into a fully cycled aquarium. High quality water is needed for these puffers to thrive, a sump or refugium is a good idea on a tank for this puffer.
Diet: Feed live and frozen foods, snails, freeze dried krill, frozen shrimp, bloodworms- live or frozen, crab legs, shell-on shrimp, crabs.
Notes: The narrow lined puffer is a beautiful saltwater puffer. They will do well in a tank with live rock and enjoy searching the rock for living things to snack on. In my experience they have been mild toward other fish, but I would not consider them to be reef safe as they will readily snack on many of the invertebrates found in a reef. They do tend to be more territorial and in my experience, they would not accept conspecifics, though other puffer species were fine.