Merauke toadfish

Marilyna meraukensis

Pufferfish beneath the Pacific Ocean

Tropical
Regional distribution
Brackish fish
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Deep-bodied
Medium
Tropical fish

Merauke toadfish is a brackish-water fish of Western Pacific. The species occupies estuaries and brackish water. Records give a maximum length of 19 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Puffers, Triggerfishes, and Allies
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Marilyna
Maximum length: 19 cm
Water: Brackish
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Western Pacific: central-southern New Guinea and northern Australia.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

Report a correction