Porcupinefish
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Porcupinefishes are medium-to-large fish belonging to the family Diodontidae from the order Tetraodontiformes which are also commonly called blowfishes and, sometimes, balloonfishes and globefishes. T
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Prodiodon, an Eocene-aged fossil porcupinefish from Italy
A porcupinefish in an aquarium
A dead porcupinefish with clearly visible spines on the shore
Tetraodontidae
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Tetraodontidae is a family of marine and freshwater fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfishes, puffers, balloonfishes, blowfishes, bl
Porcupinefish
…includes about 18 species. They are sometimes collectively called pufferfishes, not to be confused with the morphologically similar and closely related Tetraodontidae, which are more commonly given this name. They are found in shallow, temperate, and tropical seas worldwide. A few species are found much further out…
Tetraodon hispidus
Prickly puffer (Ephippion guttifer) showing the four teeth eponymous of the family Tetraodontidae
Arothron stellatus
Canthigaster valentini