Zoology Museum

Post Graduates and Research Department of Zoology, V.O. Chidambaram College, Tuticorin 628 008 Tamil Nadu

Pi194 Batrachus grunniens (Titan triggerfish)

 Phylum            : Chordata

Class                : Teleostei

Order               : Tetraodontiformes

Family             : Batrachoididae

Genus              : Batrachus

Species            : Batrachus grunniens

 Accepted Name: Allenbatrachus grunniens

 Description:

Irregular, dark blotches on the body; teeth sharp and pointed; anterior orbital cirrus simple with pointed tip; posterior orbital cirrus with two or more pointed tip; largest barbel at end of maxilla with two or more pointed tips. 3 solid dorsal-fin spines present; 1-3 subopercular spines present; hollow dorsal and preopercular spines plus associated venom glands absent; photophores absent; canine teeth absent; foramina in median process of pelvic bone present; median process of pelvic bone connected to pelvic bone along its entire length; upper accesory pectoral-fin radial fully ossified; medial suture between the epihyal and ceratohyal; ventral edge of cratohyal rounded where it joins epihyal; dorsal side of joint between dentary and articular about equal height and rounded; dorsal edge of quadrate flat all the way across where it meets the metapterygoid.

 IUCN Status: Least concern

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