Humpback Turretfish

Humpback Turretfish

Category Fishes
Maximum length 30 cm
Class Actinopterygii
Order Tetraodontiformes
Family Ostraciidae
Genus Tetrosomus
Shoot place Abu Dabbab
Shoot date 2021-11-22

Short description

 

 

 

   

   The body is completely enclosed in a bony shell, except for a few small openings such as the mouth, eyes and gills. The color is pale gray to brownish, with a hexagonal reticulate pattern and irregular spots on the sides, especially along the lower edge of the carapace. The body is triangular in shape with a single spine at the tip of a strongly raised dorsal crest.

 

 

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