Long-spine porcupinefish
| Long-spine porcupinefish | |
|---|---|
| Diodon holocanthus at the Audubon Aquarium | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Diodontidae |
| Genus: | Diodon |
| Species: | D. holocanthus |
| Binomial name | |
| Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Distribution of the long-spine porcupinefish | |
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.