Long-spine porcupinefish
Diodon holocanthus
Closest relatives | Tetraodontiformes, porcupine fish |
Habitat | Coastal reefs, rocky bottom ground or soft soils in very shallow water up to 15 meters deep |
Behaviour | nocturnal, solitary |
Diet | snails, mussels, sea urchins, crabs and hermit crabs |
Body length | up to 50 cm |
Spawn | unknown |
Use | fishkeeping, souvenir |
Current status | unknown |
Sponsors
Ch. Anderegg, Horgen | |
P. Schmid, Zürich | |
F. Huber, Winterthur |