Diodon

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

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PHYLUM

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderTetraodontiformes
FamilyDiodontidae

Habitatmarine

Observations recorded2,534,061,025

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 497
With media: 9
Family: Diodontidae
Collections: ROM, SDNHM, CM, USNM, NMMNHS, UCMP
Recorded in: United States, Italy

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Diodontidae
Image: Diodon, Mauritius.jpg

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taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Diodon
taxon name: Diodon
topic's main category: Category:Diodon
described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
start time: 55000000-0

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Contents

Distinguishing features
Defense mechanisms
Species
Extant species
Fossil species
References

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

==Distinguishing features== Fish of the genus Diodon have: two-rooted, movable spines (which are derived from modified scales) distributed over their bodies. beak-like jaws, used to crush their hard-shelled prey (crustaceans and molluscs). They differ from the swelltoads and burrfishes (genera Cyclichthys and Chilomycterus, respectively), which, in contrast, have fixed, rigid spines.

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