---
title: "Longspined Porcupinefish"
description: "Diodon holocanthus — Fish. The long-spine porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus), also known as the balloonfish, freckled porcupinefish, porcupine puffer, and porcupine pufferfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Diodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/longspined-porcupinefish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Longspined Porcupinefish

> Diodon holocanthus — Fish. The long-spine porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus), also known as the balloonfish, freckled porcupinefish, porcupine puffer, and porcupine pufferfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Diodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Diodon holocanthus*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 7027
- Wikidata: [Q1329475](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1329475)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49269](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49269)

## Names

- en: Longspined Porcupinefish
- de: Braunflecken-Igelfisch
- es: Pez erizo apache
- fr: Poisson porc-épic à taches
- nl: Ballonegelvis

## Countries with the most observations

MX (2401), US (602), TW (430), CR (254), EC (251), ID (248), AU (229), PA (151), PH (140), JM (134), CV (74), CO (71)

## Summary

The long-spine porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus), also known as the balloonfish, freckled porcupinefish, porcupine puffer, and porcupine pufferfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Diodontidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-spine_porcupinefish

## Photo

![Longspined Porcupinefish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/longspined-porcupinefish/medium.jpg)

Photo: bitsandbugs · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/265998424

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/longspined-porcupinefish?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).