| Common name | Spotted burrfish |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | United States (contiguous states) |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | morphology |
| 1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'burr', i.e., a rough or prickly envelope of a fruit, from Middle English 'burre' akin to Old English 'byrst', i.e., bristle (p. 189, Ref. 11978); 'fish' from Germanic 'fiskaz' from same source as Latin 'piscis' from Indo-European word 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979). Name applied to Chilomycterus atinga. |