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Diodon holocanthus (Ajargo; Balloon porcupinefish; Balloonfish; Baloon pufferfish; Baloonfish; Bloched porcupine fish; Blotched porcupine; Brown porcupine fish; Fine-spotted porcupinefish; Freckled porcupinefish; Hedgehog fish; Longspine porcupinefish; Long-spine porcupinefish; Long-spined porcupine fish; Porcupine; Porcupinefish; Spiny balloonfish; Spiny porcupinefish; Spiny puffer; Spiny pufferfish; Porcupine fish; Longspined porcupinefish; Burrfish; Ballonfish)

Synonyms: Atopomycterus bocagei; Diodon holacanthus; Diodon hystrix holocanthus; Diodon maculifer; Diodon multimaculatus; Diodon novemaculatus; Diodon novemmaculatus; Diodon paraholocanthus; Diodon pilosus; Diodon quadrimaculatus; Diodon sexmaculatus; Paradiodon quadrimaculatus; Trichodiodon pilosus
Language: Afrikaans; Bikol; Carolinian; Cebuano; Chavacano; Creole, French; Creole, Portuguese; Danish; Davawenyo; Fijian; French; German; Hawaiian; Hiligaynon; Ilokano; Japanese; Konkani; Korean; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug; Polish; Portuguese; Somali; Spanish; Swahili; Swedish; Tagalog; Tahitian; Vietnamese; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

The long-spine porcupinefish is also known as the spiny balloonfish.
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Attributes

Water Biome [1]  Reef, Coastal

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve 34336011 Galapagos Islands, Ecuador  
Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve VI 358906 Mexico    
Cayos Cochinos Archipelago National Park Natural Marine Monument   Honduras  
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Ranong   Thailand        
Reserva de la Biosfera de Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve VI 1312618 Mexico  
Saba Marine Park National Marine Park II 5573 Netherlands Antilles  
Seaflower Marine Protected Area 15125514 Colombia      

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Aplysilla pallida (sponge)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Benedenia epinepheli <Unverified Name>[3]
Bianium plicitum[3]
Diploproctodaeum diodontis <Unverified Name>[3]
Floriceps saccatus[3]
Heterolebes diodonti <Unverified Name>[3]
Heterolebes maculosus[3]
Opistholebes cotylophorus[3]
Opistholebes elongatus <Unverified Name>[3]
Sclerodistomum bravoae[3]
Tetrochetus aluterae <Unverified Name>[3]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

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Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Acquario di Genova
Assiniboine Park Zoo
Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo
Bristol Zoo Gardens
Cameron Park Zoo
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Florida Aquarium
John G. Shedd Aquarium
Lake Superior Zoological Gardens
Louisville Zoological Garden
Memphis Zoological Garden & Aquarium
Miami Metrozoo
Minnesota Zoological Garden
National Aquarium in Baltimore Inc
Oceanario de Lisboa
Oklahoma City Zoological Park
Ouwehand Zoo
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park
Rotterdam Zoo
San Antonio Zoological Gardens & Aquar
Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Ctr
West Midland Safari & Leisure Park Ltd

Distribution

Circumtropical in distribution. Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951), Florida, USA and the Bahamas to Brazil (Ref. 7251). Eastern Atlantic: 30°N to 23°S (Ref. 6951); also South Africa (Ref. 4423). Western Indian Ocean: southern Red Sea to Madagascar, Reunion and Mauritius (Ref. 53568). Pacific Ocean: southern Japan south to Lord Howe Island and east to the Hawaiian and Easter islands (Ref. 37816). Also from southern California, USA to Colombia (Ref. 11482) and the Galapagos Islands (Ref. 5227).;

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Citations

Species recognized by , , FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org ♦ 2Clownfish and their Host Anemones ;; NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program ♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011