Triacanthus biaculeatus Bloch 1786

Mary, S. Nithya, Ravitchandirane, V. & Gunalan, B., 2021, Checklist of order Tetraodontiformes (Actinopterygii) from Puducherry Coasts, Southeast Coast of India with Nine New Records, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (3), pp. 393-404 : 394

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v121/i3/2021/155960
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13187039
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A22609-BF20-6768-B745-FB7CDBFA5EAF
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Triacanthus biaculeatus Bloch 1786
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Triacanthus biaculeatus Bloch 1786 View in CoL ( Figure 2A View Figure 2 )

Material examined: India: Puducherry, Pillaichavadi Fish Landing Centre (12°0’31”N, 79°51’31”E), 24.xi.2020, 4 exs., leg. Nithya Mary [ MBRC /ZSI/F-2444] GoogleMaps .

Common Name: Shortnose Tripod fish. Habitat: Marine-demersal. Diet Pattern: Benthic Invertebrates.

Distribution: India: Puducherry; Andaman ( Rao, 2003), Laccadive ( Jones & Kumaran, 1980), Kerala ( Kumar & Raghavan, 2015), Tamil Nadu ( Murugan & Namboothri, 2012), West Bengal ( Mahabatra & Lakra, 2015). Elsewhere: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf Eastward through the Bay of Bengal to eastern Australia, northward to southern Japan and China ( Matsuura, 2001).