| Common name | Porcupinefish |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan, 1989 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | non-fish animal |
| 1st modifier | |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | Formerly applied to Tragulichthys jaculiferus. Porcupinefishes and Burrfishes have prominent spines covering their heads ad bodies (Ref. 5288). 'porcupine', i.e., spiny pig, from Latin 'porcus', i.e., pig and 'spinus, i.e., spine (p. 404, Ref. 11979). |