#2183 · 🐟 fish
Longspined Porcupinefish
🇳🇱 Ballonegelvis ·Diodon holocanthus
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what is it?
Diodon holocanthus , known commonly as the longspined porcupinefish or freckled porcupinefish among other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Diodontidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 7,164 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- About 50 cm long.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Longspined Porcupinefish
- Nederlands
- Ballonegelvis
- scientific name
- Diodon holocanthus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Tetraodontiformes
- family
- Diodontidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1
- sightings worldwide
- 7,164
- GBIF records in NL
- 3
- weight
- —
- length
- 50 cm
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Diodontidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 49269, Wikidata Q1329475, GBIF 5213361, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.