Animalia > Chordata > Tetraodontiformes > Diodontidae > Diodon > Diodon hystrix

Diodon hystrix (Ajargo; Black-spotted porcupinefish; Giant porcupinefish; Hedgehog; Hedgehog fish; Porcupine fish; Porcupinefish; Sharptail mola; Spot-fin porcupinefish; Spotted percupine fish; Spotted porcupine; Spotted porcupine fish; Spotted porcupinefish; Spiny puffer; Freckled porcupinefish; Burrfish; Ballonfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix), also known as spotted porcupinefish, black-spotted porcupinefish or simply porcupinefish, is a member of the family Diodontidae.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0