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

Genus: Diodon

(See list of species below)


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5 species (see list below)

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Photo by Vaske Jr., T.

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

Photo by Vaske Jr., T.
 
Diodon eydouxii
[Pelagic porcupinefish]

Photo by Patzner, R.

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

Photo by Patzner, R.
 
Diodon holocanthus
[Longspined porcupinefish]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

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

Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Diodon hystrix
[Spot-fin porcupinefish]

Photo by Field, R.

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

Photo by Field, R.
 
Diodon liturosus
[Black-blotched porcupinefish]

Photo by Good, P.

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

Photo by Good, P.
 
Diodon nicthemerus
[Slender-spined porcupine fish]
5 Species of Family Diodontidae with Genus Diodon
(Porcupinefishes (burrfishes))
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1846 Diodon eydouxii Pelagic porcupinefish Circumtropical. 27 TL
1758 Diodon holocanthus Longspined porcupinefish Circumtropical in distrib 50 TL
1758 Diodon hystrix Spot-fin porcupinefish Circumtropical. Eastern 91 TL
1804 Diodon liturosus Black-blotched porcupinefish Indo-Pacific 65 TL
1818 Diodon nicthemerus Slender-spined porcupine fish Indo-Pacific 40 TL



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