Common name of Arothron mappa
 
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).
 
Entered by Garilao, Cristina V.
Modified by Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.
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