Abstract

MEDINA M., Javier Alexis; ACERO P., Arturo; VIANA T., Jorge  and  MANJARRES M., Luis. FIRST COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN RECORD OF CHILOMYCTERUS RETICULATUS (LINNAUS) (PISCES: TETRAODONTIFORMES: DIODONTIDAE). Bol. Invest. Mar. Cost. [online]. 2001, vol.30, n.1, pp.213-218. ISSN 0122-9761.

The spotted burrfish, Chilomycterus reticulatus, is reported by the first time from the Colombian Caribbean based on two specimens collected off the Guajira Peninsula. This species, considered circuntropical by many authors, is poorly recorded from the Caribbean.

Keywords : Peces globo; Atlántico occidental tropical; circuntropical.

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