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    Porcupinefish (redirect from Diodontidae)
    Porcupinefish are medium-to-large fish belonging to the family Diodontidae from the order Tetraodontiformes which are also commonly called blowfish and...
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    and porcupine pufferfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Diodontidae. The long-spine porcupinefish is pale in color with large black blotches...
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    burrfish (Chilomycterus schoepfi) is a member of the porcupinefish family Diodontidae. It is distinguished from the porcupinefish by the shorter, less sharply...
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    of the stomach. Many species of the Tetraodontidae, Triodontidae, and Diodontidae are further protected from predation by tetrodotoxin, a powerful neurotoxin...
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    black-spotted porcupinefish or simply porcupinefish, is a member of the family Diodontidae. The spot-fin porcupinefish is a medium-sized fish which grows up to...
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    Diodon (category Diodontidae)
    are any of the various species of the genus Diodon, the type genus of Diodontidae. Fish of the genus Diodon have: two-rooted, movable spines (which are...
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    fish or globefish (Diodon nicthemerus) is a porcupinefish of the family Diodontidae, found in the waters of southern Australia, as far north as Port Jackson...
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    liturosus), also known as shortspine porcupinefish, is a member of the family Diodontidae. It is found in the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific...
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  • Blowfish may also refer to: Porcupinefish, belonging to the family Diodontidae Blowfish (cipher), an encryption algorithm Blowfish (company), an American...
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    bridled burrfish or striped burrfish, is a species of fish in the family Diodontidae native to the Western Atlantic Ocean, southern Florida, and the Bahamas...
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    Tetraodontidae typically have smaller spines than the sister family Diodontidae, with some spines not being visible until inflation. They are most diverse...
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    Sphoeroides genera and the related porcupinefish (Harisenbon) of the family Diodontidae. Strict fishing regulations are now in place to protect fugu populations...
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    Cyclichthys (category Diodontidae)
    Cyclicthys is a genus of fish in the porcupinefish family, Diodontidae. Species in the genus are often known as swelltoads. Fish of the genus Cyclicthys...
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    in the genus Chilomycterus, which is part of the porcupinefish family Diodontidae. Chilomycterus reticulatus has a rotund body, which can be inflated,...
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  • Denticipitidae Derichthyidae Diceratiidae Dichistiidae Dinolestidae Dinopercidae Diodontidae Diplomystidae Diretmidae Doradidae Draconettidae Drepaneidae Dussumieriidae...
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  • known as the Guinean burrfish, is a species of burrfish in the family Diodontidae. It is native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, where it ranges from the...
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    known as the brown burrfish, is a species of burrfish in the family Diodontidae. It is native to the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, where it ranges from...
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    the bridled burrfish, is a species of fish belonging to the family Diodontidae. It is native to the tropical waters of the Western Atlantic from southeastern...
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    Spotbase burrfish (category Diodontidae)
    or yellowspotted burrfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Diodontidae. This species can be found from the Red Sea to South Africa and east...
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    been identified as palates of diodon, or porcupinefish (Osteichthyes, Diodontidae), well-known for their ability to inflate their bodies in defense. At...
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    Quaritch. p. 697. Moazzam, M., & Osmany, H. B. (2014). Fishes of family diodontidae, ostraciidae and molidae from Pakistan coast. International Journal of...
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    undulations along large pectoral fins, as seen in the porcupinefish (Diodontidae). Amiiform locomotion consists of undulations of a long dorsal fin while...
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  • Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Diodontidae Genus: Kyrtogymnodon...
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    Deepwater burrfish (category Diodontidae)
    deepwater burrfish (Allomycterus pilatus) is a porcupinefish of the family Diodontidae, found off southern Australia, central and northern New Zealand, and...
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    and 29.1 °C (73.6 and 84.4 °F). Unusually among members of the family Diodontidae, and unusually among members of Tetraodontiformes in general, it is a...
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    Details for Bramidae - Pomfrets". fishbase.mnhn.fr. "FAMILY Details for Diodontidae - Porcupinefishes (burrfishes)". fishbase.mnhn.fr. "FAMILY Details for...
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    Cyclichthys orbicularis (category Diodontidae)
    among other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Diodontidae. The Birdbeak burrfish is a medium size fish and can grow to be up to...
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    Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Diodontidae Genus: Chilomycterus Brisout de Barneville, 1846 Type species Diodon...
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    This is a list of the fish species found in India and is based on FishBase. Albula vulpes translated "Thapi_Lesapo" by Mr Jasson Kemiso Mudongo, a young...
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    Dicotylichthys (category Diodontidae)
    Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Diodontidae Genus: Dicotylichthys Kaup, 1855 Species: D. punctulatus Binomial name...
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