Planet Zoo 2 Blackspotted Puffer — habitat, biome, size & which animals it can live with

Blackspotted Puffer is one of the 130 Planet Zoo 2 launch species. It is housed in a Aquarium habitat, accepts the Reef biome, carries a Grade 1 · 1m barrier requirement and is listed at 0.33 m (nosetorump). It shares a biome and an enclosure type with 21 other species, but the official species data rules out every one of those pairings, so it needs a habitat of its own.

Blackspotted Puffer

Every figure on this page comes from the official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export rather than trailer footage: biome, enclosure type, barrier grade, size and the compatibility verdicts are all taken from the game's own data.

Size (M)0.33 m

Weight (M)—

BarrierGrade 1

EnclosureAquarium

BiomesReef

StatusLeast Concern

Where it lives in the wild
Indian Ocean · Pacific Ocean

Blackspotted Puffer at a glance

Source: official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export (130 species). Also on the searchable animal list.

Enclosure and barrier requirements

Blackspotted Puffer needs a Aquarium enclosure and accepts the Reef biome. The barrier requirement is Grade 1 · 1m, and that is the number to check before building: a Grade 4 animal behind a Grade 1 wall is the most common way a first zoo stalls.

Which animals can live with the Blackspotted Puffer?

Blackspotted Puffer shares a biome and an enclosure type with 21 other species, but every one of those pairings is ruled out by the official data, because one side of each pair is officially solitary.

Same biome, but not compatible

21 of the species that accept the Reef biome cannot share an enclosure with the Blackspotted Puffer, because one side of the pair is officially solitary. These are the pairings people ask about most, so they are spelled out rather than left as an unexplained gap.

Species	Biome	Enclosure	Why not
Blacktip Reef Shark	EstuarineMangroveReef	Aquarium	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Blue and Gold Fusilier Deluxe	Reef	AquariumExhibit	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Bluespine Unicornfish	Reef	AquariumExhibit	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Clown Anemonefish	Reef	AquariumExhibit	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Clown Triggerfish	Reef	Aquarium	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Giant Grouper	EstuarineMangroveReef	Aquarium	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Golden Trevally	EstuarineReef	Aquarium	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Great Hammerhead Deluxe	Open SeaReef	Aquarium	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Hawksbill Turtle	EstuarineMangroveOpen SeaReef	Aquarium	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Humphead Wrasse	Open SeaReef	Aquarium	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Indian Ocean Oriental Sweetlips	EstuarineReef	Aquarium	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Indo-Pacific Leopard Shark	EstuarineMangroveOpen SeaReef	Aquarium	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Indo-Pacific Sergeant	Open SeaReef	AquariumExhibit	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Longfin Batfish Deluxe	Reef	Aquarium	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Ocellated Eagle Ray	EstuarineOpen SeaReef	Aquarium	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Palette Surgeonfish	Reef	AquariumExhibit	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Red Lionfish	EstuarineReef	Aquarium	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Sailfin Snapper	Reef	Aquarium	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Schooling Bannerfish	Reef	AquariumExhibit	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Threespot Damselfish	MangroveReef	AquariumExhibit	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Yellow Tang	Reef	AquariumExhibit	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”

Close, but ruled out by enclosure type

Nothing: every species that shares a biome with the Blackspotted Puffer also shares its enclosure type.

Behaviour, size and weight

Blackspotted Puffer is classed as Solitary in Frontier's Social & Reproduction notes: “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.” On size the game lists 0.33 m (nosetorump) for the male and 0.33 m for the female. Size and weight together decide the minimum habitat footprint, so use the female figure when you are sizing a breeding pair rather than a display animal.

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