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Name : Diodon holocanthus

Common Name : Kocho
Class : Actinopterygii
Order : Tetraodontiformes
Family : Diodontidae
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Description

The species is characterised with blackish brown spots on the head, dorsal and ventral sides; fins without spots. 14 to 16 spines in an approximate row between snout and origin of dorsal fin. There are irregular polygonal brownish blotches along the cream coloured body.


Size

Maximum length: 28.7 cm (TL), common length: 15-22 cm (TL)


Diet

Feeds on mollusks and crabs


Utilization

It can be utilised as an aquarium fish


Gears

Trawl, gillnet