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Chelonodontops patoca (Hamilton, 1822)

Milkspotted puffer
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Australia country information

Common names: Milk-spotted toadfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Kimberley region (Western Australia) to Cooktown (Queensland) (Ref. 44894). Museum: CSIRO CA2768, from North West Cape to Darwin (Ref. 5978).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Willing, R.S. and P.J. Pender, 1989
National Database:

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) > Tetraodontidae (Puffers) > Tetraodontinae
Etymology:   More on author: Hamilton.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; reef-associated; anadromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 4 - 60 m (Ref. 86942).   Tropical; 23°C - 28°C (Ref. 2060); 39°N - 35°S, 20°E - 150°E

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