Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesia

Black-Blotched Porcupinefish
Diodon liturosus
Black-Blotched Porcupinefish
Category: Porcupinefishes
Scientific Name: Diodon liturosus
Size: Up to 20 in. (50 cm)  
Depth: 10-250 ft. (3-75 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Australia, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Diodontidae (Family)
      └Diodon (Genus)

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