Diodontidae

bridled burrfish

Chilomycterus antennatus

Fish Reaching Thirty Eight Centimeters in the Atlantic Ocean

• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Central America and the Caribbean
• North America
• South America
• Deep-bodied
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Chilomycterus antennatus, the bridled burrfish, is a species of fish belonging to the family Diodontidae. It is native to the tropical waters of the Western Atlantic from southeastern Florida and the Bahamas to northern South America. They are also found in the Eastern Atlantic off the cost of Mauritania.