Lunartail puffer
Species of fish
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Lagocephalus lunaris, also known as the lunartail puffer, is a species of fish in the family Tetraodontidae. It lives in areas in the Indo-Pacific, and its habitat is areas in coastal marine waters, at depths of up to 150 meters,[1] in sandy bottoms, coastal reefs,[2] estuaries and mangroves.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Lagocephalus |
| Species: | L. lunaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | |
This fish is listed as least concern, due to it overlapping many marine protected areas.[1]
It has a maximum length of 45 centimeters. It eats marine invertebrates as its food source, and contains poison that makes it dangerous to consume.[2]
Endoparasites of the lunartail puffer include Angusticaecum tetrodonti, Bianium arabicum, Bianium plicitum, Caligus laminatus, Maculifer indicus, Neodiploproctodaeum karachiense, Notoporus stunkardi, and Opistholebes amplicoelus.[3]
