Diodon liturosus  (Shaw, 1804)

Black-blotched Porcupinefish
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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Suborder: Tetraodontoidei
Superfamily: -
Family: Diodontidae
Subfamily: -
Genus: Diodon
Species: liturosus

  • Common names: Black-blotched Porcupinefish
  • Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales. Not present in Hawaii (Ref. 9680). Southeast Atlantic: southeast coast of South Africa (Ref. 4423).
  • Image locations: Nakhon Si Thammarat​ (Koh Tao)
  • Environment: Marine
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations
Images of Diodon liturosus from Thailand.
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Diodon liturosus (Black-blotched porcupinefish). Koh Tao, Chumphon Province. April, 2013.
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