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Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes, license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Tetraodontiformes
Family:
Diodontidae
Genus:
Chilomycterus
Species:
spinosus
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Brackish water
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Southwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Burkenroad, M. D. 1931. Notes on the Sound-Producing Marine Fishes of Louisiana. Copeia, 1931(1): 20-28.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
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