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Chilomycterus (Burrfishes)

Chilomycterus spinosus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Eye-spot Burrfish

Not Reef Tank Suitable

Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable

Range: Southwest Atlantic Ocean: Venezuela to Argentina, including Trinidad.

Size: 10 inches (25 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits rubble areas adjacent to seagrass beds and usually found at depths between 10 to 600 feet (3 - 180 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 spinosus (Eye-spot Burrfish)
Photo © Peter Wirtz
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