Longspined Porcupinefish

Diodon holocanthus

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Max Size

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Max Weight

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Max Depth

200 m

Description

Diodon holocanthus is a species of marine fish in the family Diodontidae. Other names:  Longspined Porcupinefish or Freckled Porcupinefish. Description Pale in colour with large black blotches and smaller black spots, these spots becoming fewer in number with age. Has many long, two-rooted depressible spines... Read more in Seabook

Locations

Sri Lanka Maldives Vietnam Bermuda Seychelles +144 more in Seabook

Colors

white

black

brown

Poisonous

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Habitat and Environment

Coral reef

Rocks

Conservation status

(LC) Least concern

Edible

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Social Behaviour

Solitary