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Merauke toadfish (Marilyna meraukensis)
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Ecological Illustration of Merauke toadfish (Marilyna meraukensis)
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Tetraodontidae

Merauke toadfish

Marilyna meraukensis

Pufferfish beneath the Pacific Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Brackish fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Deep-bodied
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Merauke toadfish is a brackish-water fish of Western Pacific. The species occupies estuaries and brackish water. Records give a maximum length of 19 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Puffers, Triggerfishes, and Allies
Family
Tetraodontidae
Genus
Marilyna
Water type
Brackish
Body shape
deep_bodied
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