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title: "Spotted Porcupinefish"
description: "Diodon hystrix — Peixes. The spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix), also known as the spotted porcupinefish, black-spotted porcupinefish or simply porcupinefish, is a member of the family Diodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/spotted-porcupinefish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spotted Porcupinefish

> Diodon hystrix — Peixes. The spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix), also known as the spotted porcupinefish, black-spotted porcupinefish or simply porcupinefish, is a member of the family Diodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Diodon hystrix*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 8350
- Wikidata: [Q1328265](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1328265)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52313](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52313)

## Names

- en: Spotted Porcupinefish
- de: Gepunkteter Igelfisch
- es: Pez erizo pecoso
- fr: Poisson porc-épic boubou
- nl: Gestippelde egelvis

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1333), US (928), EG (469), ID (384), NC (368), TH (198), AU (195), IN (168), KY (163), CR (158), HN (154), PF (132)

## Summary

The spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix), also known as the spotted porcupinefish, black-spotted porcupinefish or simply porcupinefish, is a member of the family Diodontidae.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Jemma Montgomery · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/259170212

## Machine access

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