Diodon hystrix

**spot-fin porcupinefish**
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Instance of	taxon;
Has part(s)	body (coffee, grey, lightness, dorsal); body (black, spot, dorsal); body (anal fin, dorsal fin, caudal fin, spot, small); body (white, center);
IUCN conservation status	Least Concern;
Length	91 cm;
Common name
	English: Porcupine pufferfish, Spot-fin porcupinefish, Ajargo, Ballonfish, Black-spotted Porcupinefish, Burrfish, Freckled Porcupinefish, Giant porcupinefish, Giant Porcupinefish, Hedgehog, Hedgehog Fish, Porcupinefish, Sharptail Mola, Spiny Puffer, Spot-fin Porcupinefish, Spotted Percupine Fish, Spotted Porcupine, Spotted Porcupinefish; Afrikaans: Penvis; català: Peix globus; čeština: Ježík obecný; Deutsch: Gepunkteter Igelfisch; español: Batana, Batea, Guanabana, Guanábana, Pejerizo Común, Pez Eriso, Pez Erizo Del Punteado, Pez Erizo Pecoso, Puercoespín, Puerco Espín, Puerco Espino, Puercoespín Pecoso, Tamborillo, Tamboril Pintado; فارسی: خارپشت‌ماهی خال‌مخالی; suomi: Isosiilikala; français: Grand Porc-épic, Poisson Porc-épic, Porc-épic Boubou, Porc-épic Pointillé, Porc-épine Boubou; עברית: דו-שן דורבני; հայերեն: Ոզնի-ձուկ; 日本語: ネズミフグ; ქართული: ზღარბთევზა; ಕನ್ನಡ: ಉಂಡೆಮೀನು; Bahasa Melayu: Buntal landak tanda; Nederlands: Gestippelde egelvis; русский: Длинношипая рыба-ёж; svenska: Igelkottfisk; Tiếng Việt: Cá nóc nhím chấm đen; Winaray: Otit; 中文: 密斑刺鲀, 密斑二齒魨, 密斑刺魨, 刺規, 氣瓜仔; 中文（臺灣）: 密斑二齒魨;
Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Superphylum	Deuterostomia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Megaclass	Osteichthyes
Superclass	Actinopterygii
Order	Tetraodontiformes
Family	Diodontidae
Genus	Diodon
Species	Diodon hystrix
Taxon author	Carl Linnaeus, 1758
Authority file
	Q1328265; IUCN taxon ID: 193668; NCBI taxonomy ID: 223145; ITIS TSN: 173391; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 46570719; GBIF taxon ID: 5213374; WoRMS-ID for taxa: 127403; FishBase species ID: 1022; New Zealand Organisms Register ID: 78ecacdf-9a58-4749-8905-1a47fd568be1; ARKive ID (archived): diodon-hystrix, porcupine-pufferfish/diodon-hystrix; iNaturalist taxon ID: 52313; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 34503; ADW taxon ID: Diodon_hystrix; uBio ID: 180365; IRMNG ID: 11096887
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Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'spot-fin porcupinefish']

English: Porcupine pufferfish, Spot-fin porcupinefish, Ajargo, Ballonfish, Black-spotted Porcupinefish, Burrfish, Freckled Porcupinefish, Giant porcupinefish, Giant Porcupinefish, Hedgehog, Hedgehog Fish, Porcupinefish, Sharptail Mola, Spiny Puffer, Spot-fin Porcupinefish, Spotted Percupine Fish, Spotted Porcupine, Spotted Porcupinefish
Afrikaans: Penvis
català: Peix globus
čeština: Ježík obecný
Deutsch: Gepunkteter Igelfisch
español: Batana, Batea, Guanabana, Guanábana, Pejerizo Común, Pez Eriso, Pez Erizo Del Punteado, Pez Erizo Pecoso, Puercoespín, Puerco Espín, Puerco Espino, Puercoespín Pecoso, Tamborillo, Tamboril Pintado
فارسی: خارپشت‌ماهی خال‌مخالی
suomi: Isosiilikala
français: Grand Porc-épic, Poisson Porc-épic, Porc-épic Boubou, Porc-épic Pointillé, Porc-épine Boubou
עברית: דו-שן דורבני
հայերեն: Ոզնի-ձուկ
日本語: ネズミフグ
ქართული: ზღარბთევზა
ಕನ್ನಡ: ಉಂಡೆಮೀನು
Bahasa Melayu: Buntal landak tanda
Nederlands: Gestippelde egelvis
русский: Длинношипая рыба-ёж
svenska: Igelkottfisk
Tiếng Việt: Cá nóc nhím chấm đen
Winaray: Otit
中文: 密斑刺鲀, 密斑二齒魨, 密斑刺魨, 刺規, 氣瓜仔
中文（臺灣）: 密斑二齒魨

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Classis: Actinopterygii • Ordo: Tetraodontiformes • Familia: Diodontidae • Genus: Diodon • Species: Diodon hystrix

Diodon hystrix

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