Longspined porcupinefish
Diodon holocanthus
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A long-spined porcupinefish from tropical seas worldwide. It eats molluscs, sea urchins and crabs. It reaches 50 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Diodon holocanthus
- Family
- Diodontidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Saltwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Diodontidae
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Synonyms
- Atopomycterus bocagei, Diodon holacanthus, Diodon hystrix, Diodon hystrix holocanthus, Diodon liturosus, Diodon maculifer, Diodon multimaculatus, Diodon novemaculatus, Diodon novemmaculatus, Diodon paraholocanthus, Diodon pilosus, Diodon quadrimaculatus, Diodon sexmaculatus, Paradiodon quadrimaculatus, Trichodiodon pilosus
Origin
- Native region
- Oceania, América do Norte, América do Sul, África, Ásia
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 50 cm
Behavior
- Diet
- Carnivore
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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