Animalia > Chordata > Tetraodontiformes > Diodontidae > Diodon > Diodon nicthemerus

Diodon nicthemerus (Globe fish; Slender-spined porcupine fish)

Synonyms: Atopomycterus nichthemerus; Diodon blochii; Diodon nycthemerus
Language: Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

The slender-spined porcupine fish or globefish, Diodon nichthemerus, is a porcupinefish of the family Diodontidae, found in the waters of southern Australia, as far north as Port Jackson to Geraldton, Western Australia. It is most common in Port Phillip Bay and the coastal waters of Tasmania in shallow coastal waters and under manmade jettys.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Wilson's Promontory National Park II 119279 Victoria, Australia

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pterobothrium lintoni[1]

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♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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