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CANARY ISLANDS SPECIES: Chilomycterus ATRINGA

Common name: spiny

Family: Diodontidae. Coastal benthic species

Habitat: It can be found from 5 to 50 m depth, usually in caves and crevices during the day.

Overview: tropical marine species, the spiny animal is very beneficial in the Canary Islands since it is the main predator of the long-spined sea urchins, which are a blight on their costas.Pero due to their prominence when they swell, have been heavily harvested for ornaments in bars and homes. Luckily, have long since stopped fishing and little by little is repopulated. In the island of El Hierro is where most abundant. It has the ability to "inflate" swallowing water when you feel harassed, the increase in volume and the erection of the spines that has on the skin, making it a difficult prey. Inhabits the western Atlantic coast and east.