Fish > Diodontids & Tetraodontiformes
OverviewThe Long-spine Porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus), widely recognized across maritime traditions as the balloonfish or spiny puffer, is a globally distributed marine teleost fish belonging to the porcupinefish family Diodontidae within the order...
Fish > Pufferfishes & Porcupinefishes
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Spot-Fin PorcupinefishScientific Name: Diodon hystrixCategory: FishSubcategory: Pufferfishes & PorcupinefishesSize: Length: 40–60 cm (16–24 in); maximum recorded up to 91 cm (36 in)Weight: 2.5–4.5 kg (5.5–9.9 lb); maximum record up to 9.8...
