Name : Chelonodon patoca

Class : Actinopterygii

Order : Tetraodontiformes

Family : Tetraodontidae

Description :

Evenly arched dorsal profile of body; more or less flat interorbital space; round depression in front of each eye, nasal organ, surrounded by low fleshy rim produced into short triangular flap on anterior and posterior edge; smooth skin except patches of spinules on back, throat and belly; truncate to slightly rounded caudal fin

Size

Maximum length: 20.3 cm (TL), common length: 12-15 cm (TL)

Diet

Feeds on benthic crustaceans, algae and worms

Utilization

It can be used as an aquarium fish

Gears

Gillnet, cast net, drag net