Stripped Burrfish

The stripped burrfish is the most commonly known type of puffer fish. Their scientific name is Chilomycterus scheopfii. Lets see how we got that scientific name. Lets start with the domain. The domain is the broadest of groups. The stripped burrfish is in the Eukarya domain. The Kingdom group comes next. It is in the Animalia kingdom. Phylum comes next the burrfish is in the Chorodata phylum group. Next is class they are in the Actinoptery Class. Order comes next, the burrfish is in the tetraodontiformes order. Next is Family they are in the diodontidae family group. The secong to last group is Genus, they are in the genus Chilomycterus. Lastly the most specific group is species. They are in the scheopfii species. And that gives us the scientific name Chilomycterus scheopfii.

The stripped burrfish is most commonl found in areas near bay grass beds. They are mostly bottom dwellers. The sripped burrfish’s main food source are invertibrates such as barnecles and hermit crabs. The burrfish is a hetertroph because it feeds on other living organisms. Another facts about the stripped burrfish is that they are not very good swimmers so they move faster by suirting water out of their gills to propel them forward.

By:Merritt Davis