Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

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) 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. liturosus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219970🔗
iNaturalist ID: 123268🔗

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