Slender-spined porcupine fish

Diodon nichthemerus

The slender-spined porcupine fish or globefish is a porcupinefish of the family Diodontidae, found in the waters of southern Australia, as far north as Port Jackson to Geraldton, Western Australia. It is most common in Port Phillip Bay and the coastal waters of Tasmania in shallow coastal waters and under manmade jettys.
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Appearance

It is one of the smallest members of the porcupinefish family. It is similar in appearance to the three-bar porcupinefish, only smaller and with slight differences in its markings. It feeds on benthic zone invertebrates. It has slender yellow spines used in predator defence and has the ability to blow its body so its sharp spines protrude when alarmed.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderTetraodontiformes
FamilyDiodontidae
GenusDiodon
SpeciesD. nichthemerus
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Australia
United States of America