Longspined Porcupinefish

Diodon holocanthus

Cream-coloured to light grey with isolated large dark patches. Juveniles also have numerous small black spots (not on fins), the number decreases with age.

Size : 29 cm

Habitat : In lagoons and outreefs, frequently above open sand or rocky areas, 1-100 m. Juveniles pelagic up to a size of 7-9 cm.

Distribution : Circumglobal in tropical and warm-temperate seas.

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Actinopterygii

ORDER

:

Tetraodontiformes

FAMILY

:

Diodontidae

GENUS

:

Diodon

SPECIES

:

Diodon holocanthus

Other Information

Population Status

Least Concern (LC)

PHOTO COLLECTION

Reference

  1. inaturalist.org
  2. Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific. Book by Matthias Bergbauer and Manuela Kirschner