Family Name Listing
Order: Tetraodontiformes, Family: Tetraodontidae
Sue or Puffers
Puffers are known as sue in Samoa.
| Scientific Name | Samoan Name | Common Name | Photo | TSN | Park Status | Abundance | Residency | Nativity |
| Arothron hispidus | sue-vaolo | stripebelly or whitespotted puffer |  |
173309 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native |
| Arothron immaculatus | sue-va`a | 173314 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | ||
| Arothron mappa (Lesson, 1830) | map puffer | -9982 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | ||
| Arothron meleagris | sue-puleuli | spotted or guineafowl puffer |  |
173311 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native |
| Arothron nigropunctatus | sue-uli, sue-lega | blackspotted puffer | 173316 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | |
| Arothron stellatus | sue-gatala, sue-va`a | star puffer |  |
173317 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native |
| Canthigaster amboinensis | sue-lape | Amborn sharpnose puffer | 173321 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | |
| Canthigaster bennetti | sue-`afa | Bennett's sharpnose puffer | 173329 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | |
| Canthigaster janthinopterus | sue-sugale | 173333 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | ||
| Canthigaster solandri | sue-mimi | spotted sharpnose puffer | 173328 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | |
| Canthigaster valentina | sue-mu | Valentinni's sharpnose puffer | 173338 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | |
| Gastrophysus sceleratus | silvercheek blaasop | 173374 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | ||
| Sphoeroides hypselogeneion (Bleeker, 1852) | sue-mimi sue-mo`o |
-9978 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | ||
| Sphoeroides oblongus (Bloch, 1786) | -9979 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | |||
| Sphoeroides pachygaster | blunthead puffer | 173298 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native |
From: Park Species List - NPSpecies Summary
Report
Generated: 11/02/2001 National Park of American Samoa (Fish)