Scientific Name	Triodon macropterus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Lesson, 1831	Depth	50 - 300M
Chinese	三齒魨	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	三齒魨科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F508　Triodontidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	大鰭三齒魨
Max Length	54 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	三齒河魨、扇魨、規仔魚、刺規(臺東)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Mauritius
Synonyms	Triodon bursaris, Triodon bursarius, Triodon macroptrus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；中國動物誌-魨形目(蘇等, 2002)  Boeseman, M. 1962 Tyler, J.C. 1967 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 蘇錦祥, 李春生 編著 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0060645. ASIZP0063212. ASIZP0064535. ASIZP0064634. ASIZP0806431. ASIZP0916431. FRIP20263. FRIP20272. FRIP20336. FRIP20401. FRIP21719. NMMBP01863. NMMBP02264. NMMSTP00894. NTUM03708. NTUM03709.
Common Name	Soft bellied puffer; Threetooth puffer
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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