Author: (Bloch, 1785)
FBname: Bandtail puffer
Comments: Abundant in all inshore habitats where there is adequate cover, such as seagrass beds and reef flats.  Feeds on mollusks, crustaceans and echinoderms (Ref. 36453).  Generally common (Ref. 9710).  Traded as an aquarium fish at Ceará, Brazil (Ref. 49392).