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birdbeak burrfish (Cyclichthys orbicularis)
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birdbeak burrfish (Cyclichthys orbicularis) specimen
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Diodontidae

birdbeak burrfish

Cyclichthys orbicularis

Hunts hard shelled mollusks by night

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Deep-bodied
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

birdbeak burrfish is known from Southeast Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Maximum length
30 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Southeast Atlantic: south coast of South Africa (Ref. 4423 ). Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to Australia and New Caledonia (Ref. 9680 ).

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