Description

Also known as Blackfin Triplespine, Black-finned Triplespine, Blacktail Tripodfish, Hollow-snouted Tripodfish, Sharp-nosed Tripodfish, Shortnose Tripodfish, Silver Horsefish, Silver Leatherjacket, Silver Tripodfish, Tripodfish.

Found over muddy sand flats, along coastlines and in estuaries.
They feed on benthic invertebrates.
Length - 30cm
Depth - 0-60m
Widespread Indo-West Pacific

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.se/summary/Triacanthus-biaculeatus.html