Spotfin burrfish

The Spotfin burrfish lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 3 - 27 m environment.

Spotfin burrfish; Spotfin sculpin; Spotfin tetra; Spotfin corydoras; Spotfin dragonet; Spotfin betta; Spotfin shiner; Spotfin hatchetfish; Spotfin lionfish; Spotfin hogfish; Spotfin frogfish; Spotfin butterflyfish; Total Images : 40 Page No. More

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The juvenile Pacific spotfin burrfish is one of the species attracted by warmer currents. The juvenile Pacific spotfin burrfish is one of the species attracted by warmer currents. More

The Spotfin burrfish is of no interest to commercial... More

Spotfin Burrfish - Chilomycterus reticulatus The Spotfin burrfish is of no interest to commercial fisherman. But some are occasionally used in aquariums. Spotfin burrfish are distributed worldwide in tropical seas but occurrance is not homogenious throughout the tropics. More

Common names

'O'opu-hui in Hawaiian
Baiacu-de-espinho in Portuguese (Português)
Bunfokki in Wolof (Wollof)
burrfish in English
Crum in Creole, Portuguese
Crum in Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese
Crum in Portuguese (Português)
Diodon in French (français)
Few-spined porcupinefish in English
Fewspine porcupinefish in English
Ishigakifugu in Japanese (日本語)
Kolvin-klitsvis in Afrikaans
Lanternfish in English
Pacific burrfish in English
Pacifisk pindsvinefisk in Danish (dansk)
Peixe-balão in Portuguese (Português)
Pez erizo in sp
Pez erizo del Pacífico in Spanish (español)
pez erizo enano in Spanish (español)
Pletfinnet pindsvinefisk in Danish (dansk)
Poisson-hérisson ponctué in French (français)
Porco-espinho-de-pintas in Portuguese (Português)
porcupinefish in English
Porkspim in Creole, Portuguese
Porkspim in Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese
Porkspim in Portuguese (Português)
Puercoespín del Pacífico in Spanish (español)
Spotfin burrfish in English
Spotfin porcupinefish in English
spotted burrfish in English
Spottedfin burrfish in English
Taius-wushuga in Austronesian (Other)
Taius-wushuga in Carolinian
Tamborillo in Spanish (español)
刺規 in Mandarin Chinese
刺规 in Mandarin Chinese
斑鰭短刺魨 in Mandarin Chinese
斑鳍短刺鲀 in Mandarin Chinese
气瓜仔 in Mandarin Chinese
氣瓜仔 in Mandarin Chinese
網紋短刺魨 in Mandarin Chinese
网纹短刺鲀 in Mandarin Chinese
강담복 in Korean (한국어)

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Order : Tetraodontiformes
Family : Diodontidae
Genus : Chilomycterus
Species : Chilomycterus reticulatus
Authority : Linnaeus, 1758