Chilomycterus reticulatus Spotfin burrfish

Chilomycterus reticulatus is commonly referred to as Spotfin burrfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

7308 

AphiaID:

219964 

Scientific:

Chilomycterus reticulatus 

German:

Igelfisch 

English:

Spotfin Burrfish 

Category:

Porcupinefishes/Burrfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Diodontidae (Family) > Chilomycterus (Genus) > reticulatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

El Salvador, Zirkumsubtropisch, (the) Maldives, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Chile, China, Circumtropic, Columbia, Comores, Costa Rica, Cuba, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, Honduras, Indonesia, Japan, Lessepsian migrant, Madeira, Mauritius, Mexico (East Pacific), Micronesia, Namibia, Nicaragua, Northern Africa, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Réunion , São Tomé e Principé, South-Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Tansania, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, Tonga, USA 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

20 - 100 Meter 

Size:

11.81" - 27.56" (30cm - 70cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Crabs, Edible crab, Invertebrates, Schrimps, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Chilomycterus antennatus
  Zügel-Igelfisch
• 
  Chilomycterus antillarum
  Igelfisch
• 
  Chilomycterus reticulatus
  Igelfisch
• 
  Chilomycterus schoepfii
  Igelfisch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Chilomycterus mauretanicus
  "Mauretanischer Igelfisch"
• 
  Chilomycterus spinosus
  Igelfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-07-04 13:21:22 

Last edit:

2024-07-20 09:24:02 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Chilomycterus reticulatus has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Chilomycterus reticulatus in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Chilomycterus reticulatus. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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