Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesia

Black-Blotched Porcupinefish
Diodon liturosus
Black-Blotched Porcupinefish
Category: Porcupinefishes
Scientific Name: Diodon liturosus
Size: Up to 20 in. (50 cm)  
Depth: 10-250 ft. (3-75 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Australia, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
      └Diodontidae (Family)
       └Diodon (Genus)
        └D. liturosus (Species)

Odd-Shaped Swimmers
Porcupinefishes

Black-Blotched Porcupinefish

Porcupinefish



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