Porcupine Fish (Globe fish) - Family Diodontidae
 

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Porcupine (Globe) Fish
  • Kingdom Animalia
  • Phylum Chordata
  • Class Osteichthyes - Bony Fish
  • Family Diodontidae - Porcupine Fish
  • Diodon nithemerus - Globe Fish, Porcupine Fish
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    Diodon nithemerus - Globe Fish
    (Gowlett-Holmes)
    Habitat: Sheltered and moderately exposed reef, sand; 0 – 50 m depth
    Distribution: WA to NSW and around Tasmania
    Maximum size: Length to 280 mm
    Comments:
    Also called Porcupine fish. When threatened, the fish inflates rapidly with outward facing spines. This causes eaten fish to become lodged in the throat of predators.