Spot-fin porcupinefish
Diodon hystrix
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A porcupinefish from tropical seas worldwide. It reaches 91 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Diodon hystrix
- Family
- Diodontidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Saltwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Diodontidae
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Synonyms
- Diodon armillatus, Diodon brachiatus, Diodon histrix, Diodon hystrax, Diodon hystris, Diodon hystrix hystrix, Diodon nudifrons, Diodon punctatus, Diodon spinosissimus, Diodon totara, Paradiodon hystrix
Origin
- Native region
- Oceania, América do Norte, América do Sul, Ásia, África, Europa
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 91 cm
- Lifespan
- 10 years
Behavior
- Diet
- Carnivore
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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