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threetooth puffer (Triodon macropterus)
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Ecological Illustration of threetooth puffer (Triodon macropterus)
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Triodontidae

threetooth puffer

Triodon macropterus

Pufferfish of New Caledonia

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

threetooth puffer is a marine fish of Indo-West Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 54 cm.

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