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Diodontidae
striped burrfish
Chilomycterus schoepfii
Diodontid Fish from the Brazilian Coast
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
Mediumstriped burrfish is a marine fish found around Western Atlantic. It inhabits coastal waters. Records give a maximum length of 27.9 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Diodontidae
- Genus
- Chilomycterus
- Maximum length
- 27.9 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia (Canada), Maine (USA), Bahamas, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Uncommon or absent from most of West Indies.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
