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Diodontidae
porcupinefish
Diodon hystrix
Ninety One Centimeters Diodontid Fish of the Mediterranean Sea
- Tropical
- Globally widespread
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- North America
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Africa
Deep-bodied
Largeporcupinefish is a marine fish of Circumtropical. The species occupies marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 91 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Diodontidae
- Genus
- Diodon
- Maximum length
- 91 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Circumtropical. Eastern Pacific: San Diego, California, USA to Chile, including the Galapagos Islands (Ref. 37955 ). Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Massachusetts (USA), and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil (Ref. 7251 ). Eastern Atlantic: 30°N to 23°S (Ref. 6951 ). Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea to Madagascar, Reunion and Mauritius (Ref. 33390 ). The reports in the Mediterranean Sea are doubtful (Ref. 50345 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
