Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesian Reefs

Spotted Porcupinefish
Diodon hystrix
Spotted Porcupinefish
Also known as: Spot-Fin Porcupinefish, Black-Spotted Porcupinefish
Category: Porcupinefishes
Scientific Name: Diodon hystrix
Size: 1 to 2 ft. (30 to 60 cm)  
Depth: 10-60 ft. (3-18 m)
Distribution: Circumtropical
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Tetraodontoidei (Suborder)
      └Diodontidae (Family) Porcupinefishes
       └Diodon (Genus)
        └D. hystrix (Species)
WoRMS ID: 127403🔗
iNaturalist ID: 52313🔗

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