Striped Burrfish

Scientific name: chilomycterus schoepfi

Domain: eukaryote

Kingdom: animal

Phylum: chordata

Class: actinopterygii

Order: tetraodontiformes

Family: diodontidae

Genus: chilomycterus

Species: schoepfi

Striped burrfish live in grass beds. They have bilateral symmetry. Striped burrfish have a round, yellowish green body covered with spikes. A structural adaptation of the striped burrfish is that they are covered with short spikes on their head to their body. A behavioral adaptation is that they can pull water or air into their bodies. A functional adaptation is that they can puff up to scare their predators. An interesting fact about the striped burrfish is that they are not very good swimmers. Not many predators can get past the striped burrfish puffing up, but humans can. They eat hermit crabs, barnacles, whelks, oysters, and small fish. Striped burrfish are heterotrophic, and endothermic (cold blooded.)