Porcupinefish - Wikipedia
Porcupinefish are medium-to-large fish belonging to the family Diodontidae from the order Tetraodontiformes [2] which are also commonly called blowfish and, sometimes, balloonfish and globefish. The family includes about 18 species.
Diodon - Wikipedia
Porcupinefishes or balloonfishes, are any of the various species of the genus Diodon, the type genus of Diodontidae. Fish of the genus Diodon have: two-rooted, movable spines (which are derived from modified scales) distributed over their bodies. beak-like jaws, used to crush their hard-shelled prey (crustaceans and molluscs). [2]
Diodontidae - Porcupinefishes - The Australian Museum
Porcupinefishes are slow-swimming, medium-sized fishes that are found mostly in shallow temperate and tropical marine waters. The teeth in both jaws are fused into a parrot-like "beak". The family name Diodontidae literally means 'two teeth'.
Porcupine fish | Spiny, Blowfish, Pufferfish | Britannica
Porcupine fish, any of the spiny, shallow-water fishes of the family Diodontidae, found in seas around the world, especially the species Diodon hystrix. They are related to the puffers and, like them, can inflate their bodies when provoked. Porcupine …
Blackblotched Porcupinefish, Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804
It grows to about 45 cm in length. The Blackblotched Porcupinefish occurs in tropical waters and is found on coral reefs, rocky reefs and inshore waters. The Blackblotched Porcupinefish has erectile spines on the head and body. Like all members of the family, it can inflate its body with water, and turn itself into a very spiny ball.
Family DIODONTIDAE - Fishes of Australia
Small to medium-sized robust fishes, similar to pufferfishes, with bodies covered in large strong spines. Porcupinefishes have small mouths with teeth fused into a single beak-like unit in each jaw, slit-like gill openings and small dorsal and anal fins far back on the body.
Diodontidae - The Fish Tree of Life
Taxonomy and phylogeny of Diodontidae, a family of ray-finned fishes. Based on the Phylogenetic Fish Classification. Also includes species checklists, fossil calibrations, DNA sequences.
Nomenclature and distribution of the species of the porcupinefish ...
2006年12月31日 · The tetraodontiform fish family Diodontidae is widely distributed in tropical and temperate marine waters. The family has more than 70 nominal species, over 60% of which were described in the 100 years following Linnaeus.
Black-blotched porcupinefish - Wikipedia
The black-blotched porcupinefish (Diodon liturosus), also known as shortspine porcupinefish, is a member of the family Diodontidae. It is found in the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific on coral and rocky reefs and in inshore waters. Other names are the blotched porcupinefish and the brown-backed porcupinefish.
Chapter 249: Family Diodontidae: Porcupinefishes - figshare
2023年5月22日 · Diodontids are spiny, globular, demersal inhabitants of relatively shallow, warm and temperate coastal waters, although 1 species (not found in New Zealand) is entirely pelagic, and most species have an extended, pelagic early life history phase. Like the related tetraodontids, diodontids are capable of inflating their body by swallowing water.