Description

The Spiny Box Puffer or Web Burrfish (Chilomycterus Antillarum) has a tan to yellow body with dark spots, and short, fixed spines which help protect it from larger, more aggressive fish. Its teeth are actually a fused beak-like structure.

A 180 gallon or larger aquarium is a suitable home for the Spiny Box Puffer or Web Burrfish, provided it is a fish-only tank with plenty of swimming room. The Spiny Box Puffer or Web Burrfish will nip at slow-moving fish and long-finned fish, but is not aggressive with others in its own family. It is not a reef safe fish and will eat invertebrates in a reef tank.