Is de Chilomycterus Schoepfii een kogelvis?

[Lode]

Tijdens de opbouw van de zeewater kogelvissen database werd ik verrast.

Het is me namelijk niet helemaal duidelijk of de Chilomycterus schoepfii tot de familie van kogelvissen hoort? De Diodon Holocanthus hoort er namelijk wel bij?

Deze info vond ik:
The burrfish or spiny Boxfish (Chilomycterus schoepfi) is a member of the porcupinefish family Diodontidae.

It is distinguished from the porcupinefish by the shorter, less sharply pointed, and immovable spines which cover the somewhat spherical body. It can inflate its body by taking either air or water into a ventral extension of the stomach. Its color is olivaceous or brownish above and pale yellow below. The back and sides are irregularly striped with brownish, dusky, or black lines which are parallel to each other and which run obliquely downward. There are several large black spots on the sides, one just below the dorsal fin, and another behind the pectoral fin. Its maximum size is about 10 inches.

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Porcupinefish are fish of the family Diodontidae, (order Tetraodontiformes), also commonly called blowfish (and, sometimes, "balloonfish", pufferfish and "globefish").

They are sometimes confused with pufferfish. Porcupinefish are closely related to pufferfishes but porcupinefish have spines (reminiscent of porcupines) on their body.

Porcupinefish have the ability to inflate their body by swallowing water (or air) and become round like a ball. This increase in size (almost double vertically) reduces the range of potential predators to those with much bigger mouths. A second defense mechanism is provided by the sharp spines, which radiate outwards when the fish is inflated. Some species are poisonous, having a tetrodotoxin in their skin and/or intestines. As a result porcupinefish have few predators, although adults are rarely preyed upon by sharks and orcas. Juveniles are also preyed on by tuna and dolphins.

Iemand een idee hoe dit nu precies en of ik de Schoepfi moet toevoegen aan de database?

[stefan.T]

Hmmm ze vallen wel onder de zelfde famillie namelijk de: Diodontidae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcupinefish

Mischien dat je daar wat uit kan halen hij staat er wel tussen dus ik denk.
Het is ook gewoon een kogelvis.

[cooldown77]

Op andere forums wordt ie ook genoemd onder de kogelvissenfamilie

[Lode]

Ok, dan zet ik 'm er later ook bij. Ik ben nog wat zoekende in de zeewater kogelwereld. Bedankt voor de hulp!

De Schoepfii heb ik een aantal jaar geleden bijna gekocht. Het is dat we toen op vakantie gingen...

[swa]

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/species ... =schoepfii