Photo Image Longspined porcupinefish Diodon holocanthus

LONGSPINED PORCUPINEFISH

Diodon holocanthus

Also called a balloonfish. Light grey-brown with a white underside and they have numerous long, moveable spines. They are covered with small black spots except on the fins. They have a brown bar under their eye and several brown blotches on its back. When threatened they swell their body until it is three times its usuals size, and the body become rigids. It inflates itself by pumping water into its stomach. The stomach expands to nearly a hundred times its original volume, which is made possible by the pleating within the stomach.
Frequency of sightings:
Common
Best time of year:
All Year Around
Remarks:
Depth to 100m, size up to 29cm.

Taxonomical order of this critter:
Veterbrate
Reef
Odd shape
Puffer
-	Birdbeak burrfish
-	Black blotched porcupinefish
-	Black-saddled toby
-	Black-spotted puffer
-	Fingerprint toby
-	Longspined porcupinefish
-	Map puffer
-	Milkspotted puffer
-	Papuan toby
-	Porcupinefish
-	Shortfin puffer
-	Star puffer
-	Striped puffer
-	White-spotted puffer
-	Whitebelly toby