Lunartail puffer

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.

Lunartail puffer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Lagocephalus
Species:
L. lunaris
Binomial name
Lagocephalus lunaris
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

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. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  2. "Lagocephalus lunaris summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-06.


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