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Spot-fin porcupinefish

Diodon hystrix

Spot-fin porcupinefish — Diodon hystrix
  • Saltwater
  • Least Concern
Max length
91 cm
Classification
Class
Teleostei
Order
Tetraodontiformes
Family
Diodontidae
Genus
Diodon
Distribution
  • Atlantic, Eastern Central
  • Atlantic, Southwest
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Indian Ocean, Eastern
  • Indian Ocean, Western
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Pacific, Northwest
  • Pacific, Southeast
  • Pacific, Western Central

About the spot-fin porcupinefish

The spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix), also known as the spotted porcupinefish, black-spotted porcupinefish or simply porcupinefish, is a member of the family Diodontidae.

Distribution

The porcupinefish is circumglobal, found in tropical and subtropical waters. It has been recorded twice in the Mediterranean Sea, off southern Italy (1963) and the Balearic islands (2016).

Juveniles are pelagic until they are about 20 cm in length. Adults favour lagoons, top reefs, and seaward coral or rocky reefs from one to 50 m depth, sheltering under ledges or in caves during the day.

Behaviour

This fish is solitary, except during mating periods, and it has a nocturnal activity with a maximal activity at sunset and sunrise.

Description from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA.

Where the spot-fin porcupinefish lives

Distribution data from GBIF (DOI: 10.15468/dl.8rzs8d).

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