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Diodon holocanthus
About 30cm in lenght, pale in colour with large black blotches, depressible spines along body and head. The teeth of the two jaws are fused into a parrot-like "beak".
Spotted at Sebayur Besar Island, coral reef area. They are found over the muddy sea bottom, in estuaries, in lagoons or on coral and rocky reefs around the world in tropical and subtropical seas
The species' diet includes sea urchins and hard-shelled mollusks. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Diodontidae Genus: Diodon Species: D. holocanthus
Spotted on Apr 8, 2018
Submitted on Apr 22, 2018
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