Striped Burrfish

(Chilomycterus schoepfi)

This species are commonly found in grass beds of the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. The domain this organism belongs to is the Eukarya. The Striped Burrfish is in the kingdom of Animalia and a phylum of Chordata. This animal is also recognized in the class of Osteichthyes and an order of Tetraodontiformes. The family this organism is known in is the Diodontidae. Also, this species is found in the genus of Chilomycterus and the species of kuda. The Striped burrfish has bilateral symmetry, meaning that if you divide the fish from the middle of its eyes, down the stomach, and through the tail, the two halves would be a mirror reflection of each other.This fish is oval shaped and has large spikes. They also have a dorsal fin, two pectoral fins, and one caudal fin or commonly put to words as tail. This species also have dark colored stripes. A structural adaptation that the Striped Burrfish has is it has large spikes to scare predators away and not get harmed. Another structural adaptation this organism includes is it’s beak mouth to chomp down hard on prey. The last adaptation this species has is a behavioral adaptation. The behavioral adaptation the Striped Burrfish shows is how this organism blows up, like a balloon, when alarmed by predators. An interesting detail I researched about this organism is how it swims by squirting water out of its gills, like a jet. This species diet is crabs, shrimp, mussels, and crustaceans. Their predators are mostly humans. This animal is heterotrophic, meaning that they consume other plants and animals, and ectothermic, or commonly put to words as cold-blooded, or changing body temperature when the environment changes temperature. By: Meredith M.

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