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Milkspotted puffer
Chelonodon patoca
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Milkspotted puffer
- Scientific
- Chelonodon patoca
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 38 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 4 to 60 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2020
Description
A pufferfish with a prickly body marked by many pale spots, reaching about 38 cm. It lives in estuaries, lagoons and mudflats.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chelonodon-patoca.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Chelonodon_patoca.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.