#2178 · 🐟 fish
Spotted Porcupinefish
🇳🇱 Gestippelde Egelvis ·Diodon hystrix
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- 1. © François Libert · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 4. © Matteo Cassella · CC BY-SA 4.0
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- 6. © Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 8. © Pauline Walsh Jacobson · CC BY 4.0
- 9. © Selene E. Jacobo Cabral · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
The spot-fin porcupinefish ( Diodon hystrix ), also known as spotted porcupinefish , black-spotted porcupinefish or simply porcupinefish , is a member of 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.
- 8,588 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- About 91 cm long.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Spotted Porcupinefish
- Nederlands
- Gestippelde Egelvis
- scientific name
- Diodon hystrix
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Tetraodontiformes
- family
- Diodontidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1
- sightings worldwide
- 8,588
- GBIF records in NL
- 2
- weight
- —
- length
- 91 cm
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Diodontidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 52313, Wikidata Q1328265, GBIF 5213374, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.