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.