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reticulatus
Family Diodontidae
CIRCUM-SUBTROPICAL
Chilomycterus reticulatus
SPOTTED
BURRFISH Ishigaki-fugu
Rare in shallow water around the Main Hawaiian
Islands but fairly common at Midway Atoll. Gray-brown with diffuse
dark brown patches and a vertical bar below the eye. The spines
are short and triangular and the fins are spotted. Attains 21 inches.
Occurs in Hawai'i and subtropical waters
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