Porcupinefishes - Family: Diodontidae
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Deep-water Burrfish - Allomycterus pilatus
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Spot-fin Burrfish - Chilomycterus reticulatus
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Short-spine Porcupinefish - Cyclichthys orbicularis
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Three-bar Porcupinefish - Dicotylichthys punctulatus
Pelagic Porcupinefish - Diodon eydouxii
Long-spined Porcupinefish - Diodon holocanthus
Spotted Porcupinefish - Diodon hystrix
Black-blotched Porcupinefish - Diodon liturosus
Globefish - Diodon nicthemerus
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
> Superorder: Acanthomorpha (Spiny-rayed Fishes
> Order: Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and Filefishes)
> Suborder: Tetraodontoidei (Pufferfishes, Porcupinefishes and Molas)
> Family: Diodontidae (Porcupinefishes)
> Genus: Allomycterus
> Species: A. pilatus - Deep-water Burrfish
> Genus: Chilomycterus
> Species: C. reticulatus - Spot-fin Burrfish
> Genus: Cyclichthys (Swelltoads)
> Species: C. orbicularis - Short-spine Porcupinefish
> Genus: Dicotylichthys
> Species: D. punctulatus - Three-bar Porcupinefish
> Genus: Diodon
> Species: D. eydouxii - Pelagic Porcupinefish
> Species: D. holocanthus - Long-spined Porcupinefish
> Species: D. hystrix - Spotted Porcupinefish
> Species: D. liturosus - Black-blotched Porcupinefish
> Species: D. nicthemerus - Globefish
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