Long-spined tripodfish

Pseudotriacanthus strigilifer

Scales have high notched vertical ridges

Long-spined tripodfish is known from Indo-Pacific as a fish. It occurs in estuaries and brackish water.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Puffers, Triggerfishes, and Allies
Family: Triacanthidae
Genus: Pseudotriacanthus
Maximum length: 25 cm
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Philippines, South China Sea including Gulf of Thailand, Indonesia, and northern Australia.

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