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birdbeak burrfish (Cyclichthys orbicularis)
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Ecological Illustration of birdbeak burrfish (Cyclichthys orbicularis)
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Diodontidae

birdbeak burrfish

Cyclichthys orbicularis

Hunts hard shelled mollusks by night

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Deep-bodied
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

birdbeak burrfish is known from Southeast Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

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