Pseudotriacanthus strigilifer Cantor 1850

Mary, S. Nithya, Ravitchandirane, V. & Gunalan, B., 2021, Checklist of order Tetraodontiformes (Actinopterygii) from Puducherry Coasts, Southeast Coast of India with Nine New Records, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (3), pp. 393-404 : 395

Pseudotriacanthus strigilifer Cantor 1850 ( Figure 2C )

Material examined: India: Puducherry, Veerampattinam fish landing centre (11°53’31”, 79°49’38” NE), 25.i.2020,2

ex., leg. Nithya Mary [ MBRC /ZSI/F- 2284].

Common Name:Long-spined Tripod fish.Habitat:MarineReef Associated. Diet Pattern: Benthic Invertebrates.

Distribution: India: Puducherry, Andaman ( Rao, 2003), West Bengal ( Mahabatra & Lakra, 2015), Tamil Nadu ( Murugan & Namboothri, 2012), Kerala ( Kumar & Raghavan, 2015), and Gujarat (Singh et al., 2021). Elsewhere: Indonesia and, Philippines. Indo-Pacific: Gulf of Oman to Indonesia and the Philippines ( Matsuura, 2001)

Figures

Figure 2A-F. A.Triacanthus biaculeatus; B. Triacanthus nieuhofi; C. Pseudotriacanthus strigilifer; D. Abalistes stellatus; E. Odonus niger; F. Sufflamen fraenatum.