Fish Species

Porcupine Puffer

Porcupine Puffer - Description

The Porcupine Puffer Fish has large eyes and stout spines on it's head and body, this has lead to this particular puffer fish being commonly called the Porcupine fish.

Popular Name: Porcupine Puffer Fish
Species: Diodon Hystrix

Profile of the Porcupine Puffer

 This Profile contains interesting facts and information about the Porcupine Puffer Fish species.

  • Size: Maximum in the wild of 35 inches!

  • Fish Tank conditions: Temperature 78 °F pH 8.4

  • Temperament: Semi-aggressive towards fish of a similar or smaller size

  • Diet / Feeding: Most live and frozen foods

  • Habitat: Coral or rocky reefs at depths from 2 to 50 m

  • Behaviour: Should not be kept with Starfish, hard Corals and invertebrates

  • Range: Waters Worldwide

Scientific Classification of the Porcupine Puffer

 Definition: Scientific classification, or biological classification, is how biologists group and categorize species of organisms with shared physical characteristics. Scientific classification belongs to the science of taxonomy.

  • Species: Diodon Hystrix

  • Popular Names: Porcupine Puffer - Spot fin porcupinefish - Porcupine Pufferfish - Black spotted Porcupinefish

  • Kingdom: Animalia

  • Class: Actinopterygii

  • Order: Tetraodontiformes

  • Family: Diodontidae

 

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Facts about Fish Species - Porcupine Puffer

The colours, shapes and sizes of individual fishes varies enormously - you really need excellent quality pictures or photographs to assist in the identification process.

A combination of the number of fins and their characteristics, color, scale counts, general features, maximum length and distribution are used during a species identification process.

 

The species detailed on this website are Tropical, Saltwater, Aquarium , Marine , Pet , Pond, Clown, Koi, Beta (Betta), Gold Fish (Goldfish), Star, Angel, Puffer, Discus, Piranha, Rainbow, Parrot, Crustaceans, Sea Anemones and Coral.

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