Chilomycterus antennatus Bridled burrfish

Chilomycterus antennatusis commonly referred to as Bridled burrfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

4869 

AphiaID:

275239 

Scientific:

Chilomycterus antennatus 

German:

Zügel-Igelfisch 

English:

Bridled Burrfish 

Category:

Porcupinefishes/Burrfishes 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Cuvier, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East-Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, South America, The Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

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:

2 - 13 Meter 

Size:

up to 14.96" (38 cm) 

Temperature:

74.3 °F - 82.58 °F (23.5°C - 28.1°C) 

Food:

Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Invertebrates, Isopods, Krill, Mysis, Schrimps, Snails, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

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:

2012-12-12 21:06:57 

Last edit:

2012-12-12 21:06:57 

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