Diodontidae

Porcupinefishes are medium-to-large fish belonging to the family Diodontidae from the order Tetraodontiformes which are also commonly called blowfishes and, sometimes, balloonfishes and globefishes. The family includes about 18 species. They are sometimes collectively called pufferfishes, not to be confused with the morphologically similar and closely related Tetraodontidae, which are more commonly given this name.

Porcupinefishes or balloonfishes are any of the various species of the genus Diodon, the type genus of Diodontidae.

species of fish

species of fish

Cyclicthys is a genus of fish in the porcupinefish family, Diodontidae. Species in the genus are often known as swelltoads.

species of fish

species of fish

species of fish

species of fish

REDIRECT Deepwater burrfish

Dicotylichthys punctulatus, also known as the three-bar porcupinefish, is a species of porcupinefish endemic to the east coast of Australia, where it is found in coastal and offshore reef environments down to deep. This species grows to in standard length, although most only reach . This species is the only known member of the genus Dicotylichthys.

thumb | right Lophodiodon calori, also known as the four-bar porcupinefish, is a species of porcupinefish native to the Indo-Pacific where it is found in environments with a substrate composed of rubble and sand at depths of at most , often above the continental shelf. Although adults of the species are benthic in nature, juveniles are pelagic. It feeds on hard-shelled invertebrates and is noted to be an uncommon species. The species grows to a length of SL and is the only known member of its genus.