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Cyclichthys orbicularis (Bloch, 1785)

Birdbeak burrfish
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Guam country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: fairly common (chances are about 50%) | Ref: Quoy, J.R. and P. Gaimard, 1824
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Ref. 394 provides a historical record of the occurrence of this species in the Mariannes Islands (old name for Guam) in the early 1800s. This fish was found to be common but not consumed as it was believed to be toxic. Quoy and Gaimard (Ref. 394) postulated that the toxin may come from the main food item of found in the stomach of this species, i.e., coral polyps(madrépores).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Quoy, J.R. and P. Gaimard, 1824
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Diodontidae (Porcupinefishes (burrfishes))
Etymology: Cyclichthys: Greek, kyklos = round + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bloch.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 9 - 170 m (Ref. 30573).   Tropical; 32°N - 36°S, 24°E - 168°E

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