Arothron reticularis és una espècie de peix de la família dels tetraodòntids i de l'ordre dels tetraodontiformes.
Morfologia Els mascles poden assolir 45 cm de longitud total.Kuiter, R.H. i T. Tonozuka, 2001. Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 3. Jawfishes - Sunfishes, Opistognathidae - Molidae. Zoonetics, Austràlia. 623 - 893.
Alimentació Menja coralls, mol·luscs i d'altres invertebrats.
Hàbitat És un peix de clima tropical i associat als esculls de corall que viu entre 1-25 m de fondària.Kuiter, R.H. i H. Debelius, 1994. Southeast Asia tropical fish guide. IKAN-Unterwasserarchiv, Frankfurt, Alemanya. 321 p.
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