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Diodon liturosus

Shaw, 1804

Black-Blotched Porcupinefish

Also known as: Blotched Porcupine-Fish, Brown-Backed Porcupinefish, Shortspine Porcupine, Shortspine Porcupinefish

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Taxonomy

Class

Teleostei

Order

Tetraodontiformes

Family

Diodontidae

Where to find it

rare

MalaysiaThailand

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