Lunartail puffer
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Lagocephalus |
| Species: | L. lunaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
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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 , , , , , , , and .[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "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.
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