Species profile

Globefish

Diodon nicthemerus

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Identified using Wikipedia iNaturalist ITIS.

Diodon nicthemerus - Porcupinefish are medium-to-large fish belonging to the family Diodontidae from the order Tetraodontiformes which are also commonly called blowfish and, sometimes, balloonfish and globefish. The family includes about 18 species. They are sometimes collectively called pufferfish, not to be confused with the morphologically similar and closely related Tetraodontidae, which are more commonly given this name.

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