Three-bar Porcupinefish
| Scientific Name: | Dicotylichthys punctulatus |
| Species: | Porcupinefishes (Diodontidae) |
| Other names: |
Burrfish, Spiny Boxfish, Spiny Puffer, Blowfish, Globefish, Swelltoads, Hedgehog Fishes, Spiny Box Puffer, Three-barred Porcupinefish. |
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Three-bar PorcupinefishUploaded by: @greatwhite in April 2012
Photographed at: Sydney Aquarium - Australia
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Description
Also known as Burrfish, Spiny Boxfish, Spiny Puffer, Blowfish, Globefish, Swelltoads, Hedgehog Fishes, Spiny Box Puffer and Three-barred Porcupinefish.
Found singly, sometimes in schools in coastal and off shore reefs often close to estuaries.
They feed nocturnally on hard shelled invertebrates.
Length - 43cm
Depth - 1-50m
Widespread Circumtropical
Porcupinefish spines lay flat, but when threatened they can inflate like a "football with spikes" so the spines are facing outwards to deter prey. The have a plated mouth structure for crushing shells or "fingers".
Can give a nasty bite!
Fishy Stats
Length: 43cm
Depth: 1-50m
Found: Western Pacific
Eats: Hard shelled invertebrates
Family: Porcupinefishes
Species: Diodontidae
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