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Spot-fin porcupinefish

Diodon hystrix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Diodontidae
Genus: Diodon
Species:
D. hystrix
Binomial name
Diodon hystrix
Linnaeus, 1758
Pair of Spotted Porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix) swimming in the reefs of Lady Musgrave Island, Queensland, Australia.
Spot-fin porcupinefish swimming in an aquarium.

The spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix), also known as the spotted porcupinefish, black-spotted porcupinefish or simply porcupinefish, is a member of the family Diodontidae.

  1. ^ Liu, J.; Zapfe, G.; Shao, K.-T.; Leis, J.L.; Matsuura, K.; Hardy, G.; Liu, M.; Robertson, R.; Tyler, J. (2016) [errata version of 2015 assessment]. "Diodon hystrix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T193668A97664783. Retrieved 3 December 2022.

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