#2344 · 🐟 fish
Striped Burrfish
Chilomycterus schoepfii
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- 2. © Alex R · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 4. © Pauline Walsh Jacobson · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Photo by David J. Stang · CC BY-SA 4.0
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- 9. © Photo by David J. Stang · CC BY-SA 4.0
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what is it?
The striped burrfish or simply burrfish ( Chilomycterus schoepfi ) is a member of the porcupinefish family Diodontidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 4,261 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Julius Walbaum in 1792 (234 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Striped Burrfish
- scientific name
- Chilomycterus schoepfii
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Tetraodontiformes
- family
- Diodontidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,261
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1792 by Johann Julius Walbaum
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Diodontidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 82264, Wikidata Q2314523, GBIF 2406494, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.