- Striped burrfish move by jetting water from the restricted gill openings.
- The striped burrfish has a defense system in the form of an organ known as a buccal pump which allows it to inflate its body considerably when threatened.
- Inflation in the striped burrfish is not as extreme as that of the northern puffer (Sphoeroides maculatus) but when combined with the presence of its sharp spines it no doubt is more effective in deterring a would-be predator.
Kingdom: Animalia - animals
Phylum: Chordata - chordates
Subphylum: Vertebrata - vertebrates
Superclass: Osteichthyes – bony fishes
Subclass: Neopterygii – neopterygians
Infraclass: Teleostei
Superorder: Acanthopterygii
Suborder: Tetraodontoidei – puffers, porcupinefishes
Genus: Chilomycterus Brisout de Barneville, 1846 – burrfishes, spiny boxfishes
Species: Chilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792) – striped burrfish