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Chilomycterus (Burrfishes)

Chilomycterus spilostylus

(Leis & Randall, 1982)

Spotbase Burrfish

Not Reef Tank Suitable

Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea to South Africa and east to Southern Japan, also the Philippines, New Caledonia, and Australia, and also found in the Galapagos Islands.

Size: 12 inches (30 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits coastal seagrass beds areas, usually under ledges during the day and usually found at depths between 10 to 300 feet (3 - 90 m) where it feeds mainly at night on benthic invertebrate.

General Husbandry: Not collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

    Order: Tetraodontiformes

    Suborder: Tetraodontoidei

    Family: Diodontidae

    Genus: Chilomycterus

FYI: Shown here for identification only.

 Chilomycterus spilostylus (Spotbase Burrfish)
Photo © John Randall
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