| Lunartail puffer | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Lagocephalus |
| Species: | L. lunaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | |
Lagocephalus lunaris, also known as the lunartail puffer, is a species of fish in the family Tetraodontidae. It lives in areas in the Indo-Pacific, and its habitat is areas in coastal marine waters, at depths of up to 150 meters,[1] in sandy bottoms, coastal reefs,[2] estuaries and mangroves.
This fish is listed as least concern, due to it overlapping many marine protected areas.[1]
It has a maximum length of 45 centimeters. It eats marine invertebrates as its food source, and contains poison that makes it dangerous to consume.[2]
Endoparasites of the lunartail puffer include Angusticaecum tetrodonti, Bianium arabicum, Bianium plicitum, Caligus laminatus, Maculifer indicus, Neodiploproctodaeum karachiense, Notoporus stunkardi, and Opistholebes amplicoelus.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 Shao, K.; Matsuura, K.; Leis, J.L.; Hardy, G.; Jing, L.; Liu, M. (2014). "Lagocephalus lunaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T193664A2256487. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193664A2256487.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- 1 2 "Lagocephalus lunaris summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-06.