Common name | Butete |
Language | Tagalog |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Philippines |
Locality | |
Ref. | Herre, A.W.C.T. and A.F. Umali, 1948 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | non-fish animal |
1st modifier | |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | General name given to all species of Family Tetraodontidae. Also spelled 'Botete' and 'Botite'; 'butete', i.e., 'tadpole' (M.L.D. Palomares, Coll. No. 21, personal communication). |