Striped Burrfish by Emory Meyer

Emory Meyer

Science, English

November 3, 2015

Striped Burrfish

Chilomycterus schoepfi

Chilomycterus schoepfi more commonly known as the Striped burrfish, is most frequently found in seagrass beds of bays, coastal lagoons, and estuaries. It has a round body covered in short, sharp spines. Its coloring is yellowish greenish, it is small, and has a parrot like beak. The Striped burrfish is also called the Spiny box puffer.  Their prey is snails, clams, and small fish and their predators are humans and sharks. They have bilateral symmetry, they are heterotrophic, meaning they get energy from other organisms by eating autotrophs or other heterotrophs, and they are ectothermic, meaning they are cold-blooded. Three interesting adaptations that the striped burrfish has are: two structural; 1. They can pull water into their bodies causing them to expand in size. 2. Their spikes stay pointed at all times so that they are reading if a predator tries to attak them. One behavioral: 1. They are open water hunters.

Domain: Eukareotes

Kingdom: Animlia

Phylum: Chordata

Class; Actinopterygii

Order: Tetraodontiformers

Family: Diodantidae

Genus: Chilomycterus

Species: schoepfi


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