Checklist of order Tetraodontiformes (Actinopterygii) from Puducherry Coasts, Southeast Coast of India with Nine New Records Author Mary, S. Nithya Kanchi Mamunivar Government Institute for Postgraduate Studies and Research, Lawspet - 605008, Puducherry, India; Email: sofinithy @ gmail. com Author Ravitchandirane, V. Kanchi Mamunivar Government Institute for Postgraduate Studies and Research, Lawspet - 605008, Puducherry, India; Email: sofinithy @ gmail. com Author Gunalan, B. Thiru Kolanjiappar Government Arts College, Virudhachalam - 606001, Tamil Nadu, India text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2021 121 3 393 404 journal article 10.26515/rzsi/v121/i3/2021/155960 2581-8686 13186261 Triacanthus biaculeatus Bloch 1786 ( Figure 2A ) Material examined : India : Puducherry, Pillaichavadi Fish Landing Centre ( 12°0’31”N , 79°51’31”E ), 24.xi.2020 , 4 exs. , leg. Nithya Mary [ MBRC /ZSI/F-2444] . Common Name: Shortnose Tripod fish. Habitat: Marine-demersal. Diet Pattern: Benthic Invertebrates. Distribution : India : Puducherry ; Andaman ( Rao, 2003 ), Laccadive ( Jones & Kumaran, 1980 ), Kerala ( Kumar & Raghavan, 2015 ), Tamil Nadu ( Murugan & Namboothri, 2012 ), West Bengal ( Mahabatra & Lakra, 2015 ). Elsewhere : Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf Eastward through the Bay of Bengal to eastern Australia , northward to southern Japan and China ( Matsuura, 2001 ).