Porcupinefishes | |
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Diodon holocanthus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Diodontidae |
Genus: | Diodon Linnaeus, 1758 |
Type species | |
Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
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Porcupinefishes or balloonfishes, are any of the various species of the genus Diodon, the type genus of Diodontidae.