| Porcupinefish Temporal range:
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| Diodon holocanthus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Suborder: | Tetraodontoidei |
| Family: | Diodontidae Bonaparte, 1838 |
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Allomycterus | |
Porcupinefish are medium-to-large fish belonging to the family Diodontidae from the order Tetraodontiformes[2] which are also commonly called blowfish and, sometimes, balloonfish and globefish. The family includes about 18 species. They are sometimes collectively called pufferfish,[3] not to be confused with the morphologically similar and closely related Tetraodontidae, which are more commonly given this name.
They are found in shallow, temperate, and tropical seas worldwide. A few species are found much farther out from shore, wherein large schools of thousands of individuals can occur.[4][5]
- ^ Matsuura, Keiichi (January 2015). "Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014". Ichthyological Research. 62 (1): 72–113. doi:10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5.
- ^ Myers, P.; Espinosa, R.; Parr, C. S.; Jones, T.; Hammond, G. S.; Dewey, T. A. (2023). "Diodontidae: Classification". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ Mills, D. (1993). Cooke, J. (ed.). Aquarium Fish. San Diego: Dorling Kindersley. pp. 281. ISBN 1-56458-293-0.
- ^ "Diodontidae - Porcupinefishes". Animal factsheets. Australian Museum. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ Matsuura, K.; Tyler, J.C. (1998). Paxton, J.R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego, California, USA: Academic Press. p. 231. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.