Longspined porcupinefish

Diodon holocanthus

Also called Pez erizo

Grows to: 50 cm (1.6 ft)
Group: Fish
Family: Diodontidae

Where to see it

Known from Bay Islands, Belize, Bonaire, Curaçao, Egyptian Red Sea, Galápagos, Hawaii, Komodo, Lembeh Strait, Maldives, Mexican Caribbean, Pacific Costa Rica, Philippines, Phuket and the Similans and Raja Ampat.

Source: GBIF.

Often confused with

Blackblotched porcupinefishDiodon liturosus
Spotbase burrfishCyclichthys spilostylus

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