Description

Also known as Silver Leatherjacket, Tripodfish, Yellowfin Tripodfish.

Found over muddy sand flats, along coastlines.
They feed on benthic invertebrates.
Length - 20cm
Depth - 0-43m
Western Central Pacific - Australia, Indonesia

Triplespines or Tripodfish are in the same family as pufferfish and ocean sunfish, but they also have a trigger spine like triggerfish and filefish which is usually much longer and two more spines in place of ventral fins. Ref: https://www.fishbase.de/summary/15228