SPOT-FIN PORCUPINEFISH

Diodon hystrix

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IUCN Red List Status: NOT EVALUATED

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Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758

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Ecology and Distribution

Ecology

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Environment: reef-associated; marine; depth range 2 - 50 m

subtropical; 35°N - 31°S; 111°e - 37°e

Circumtropical. Eastern Pacific: San Diego, California, USA to Chile, including the Galapagos Islands (Ref. 37955). Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Massachusetts (USA), and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil (Ref. 7251). Eastern Atlantic: 30°N to 23°S (Ref. 6951). Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea to Madagascar, Reunion and Mauritius (Ref. 33390). Mediterranean (Ref. 50345).