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Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Spotfin burrfish
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Ecuador country information

Common names: Pez erizo del Pacífico
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 2850.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ec.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Béarez, P., 1996
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Lanternfish, Spottedfin burrfish, Spotfin porcupinefish, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Diodontidae (Porcupinefishes (burrfishes))
Etymology: Chilomycterus: Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, mykter, -eros = nose (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 20 - 100 m (Ref. 9680).   Subtropical; - 24°S, 98°W - 34°W

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