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Spotted Oceanic Triggerfish
Kai Murphy, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Other fish (coast and sea)

Spotted Oceanic Triggerfish

Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishSpotted Oceanic Triggerfish
Dutch—
SpanishCochito manchado
Chinese卵圆疣鳞鲀
Scientific nameCanthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786)

About this species

Canthidermis maculata, also known as rough triggerfish or spotted oceanic triggerfish, is a species of triggerfish native to the tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Unlike most triggerfish, they are mostly pelagic.

In the Philippines, the species is locally called Tikos in the Cebuano language and is abundant in the Visayas and Mindanao island groups.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderTetraodontiformes
FamilyBalistidae
GenusCanthidermis

Related species in Suriname