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Class: Teleostei
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Diodontidae Porcupinefishes (burrfishes)

Genus: Diodon

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5 species (see list below)
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Photo by Tanaka, H.

Circumtropical.
Max. Length 27 cm TL
Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville, 1846

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Diodon eydouxii
[Pelagic porcupinefish]

Photo by Patzner, R.

Circumtropical in distrib
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758

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Diodon holocanthus
[Longspined porcupinefish]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Circumtropical. Eastern
Max. Length 91 cm TL
Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758

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Diodon hystrix
[Spot-fin porcupinefish]

Photo by Field, R.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 65 cm TL
Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804

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Diodon liturosus
[Black-blotched porcupinefish]

Photo by Good, P.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Diodon nicthemerus Cuvier, 1818

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Diodon nicthemerus
[Slender-spined porcupine fish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Diodon eydouxii Pelagic porcupinefish Circumtropical. 27 TL 1846
Diodon holocanthus Longspined porcupinefish Circumtropical in distrib 50 TL 1758
Diodon hystrix Spot-fin porcupinefish Circumtropical. Eastern 91 TL 1758
Diodon liturosus Black-blotched porcupinefish Indo-Pacific 65 TL 1804
Diodon nicthemerus Slender-spined porcupine fish Indo-Pacific 40 TL 1818



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