Alexandra Ewing

                                                                                        9-21-25

Striped Burrfish Chilomycterus schoepfi
The Striped Burrfish is scientifically known as the Chilomycterus schoepfi.  It is most commonly found on the east coast and in grass beds.  The domain of the Striped Burrfish is Eukarya and the kingdom is Animalia.  The phylum of this organism is Chordata and the class of the Striped Burrfish is Ray-finned Fishes. The order of the Striped Burrfish is Tetraodontiformes and the family that this organism belongs to is Diodontidae.  The genus and species of this organism is also the scientific name which is Chilomycterus schoepfi.  This organism eats heterotrophs and autotrophs so therefore is a heterotroph.  The only predators the Striped Burrfish is humans because of its large spikes that are hard to eat.  A few prey of this organism are shrimp, mussels, and crustaceans which are primarily invertebrates.  An interesting fact about the Striped Burrfish is that they swim by squirting water out of their gills and zooming in the water. A structural adaptation would be A behavioral adaptation would be when this organism puffs up to scare the predator away and to hide from it which helps it survive.  A functional adaptation for this organism would be that their beak like jaws that chomp down on their prey which help him survive.  The Striped burrfish is a small fish that puffs up into a large spiked ball when scared.  It is yellow with brown stripes and spikes on different places of its body.  This organism has bilateral symmetry and is endothermic.