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spotfin burrfish (Chilomycterus reticulatus)
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Ecological Illustration of spotfin burrfish (Chilomycterus reticulatus)
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Diodontidae

spotfin burrfish

Chilomycterus reticulatus

Solitary juveniles on ocean surface

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • North America
  • Deep-bodied
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

spotfin burrfish is known from Circumglobal as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Puffers, Triggerfishes, and Allies
Family
Diodontidae
Genus
Chilomycterus
Water type
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
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