#2282 · 🐟 fish
Globefish
Diodon nicthemerus
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- 2. © Tim Gamblin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Ken · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © J. Martin Crossley · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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- 8. © Ken · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Ken · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The slender-spined porcupine fish or globefish , Diodon nichthemerus , is a porcupinefish of the family Diodontidae, found in the waters of southern Australia, as far north as Port Jackson to Geraldton, Western Australia. It is most common in Port Phillip Bay and the coastal waters of Tasmania in shallow coastal waters and under manmade jettys.
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.
- 6,578 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Georges Cuvier in 1818 (208 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Globefish
- scientific name
- Diodon nicthemerus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Tetraodontiformes
- family
- Diodontidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 6,578
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1818 by Georges Cuvier
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Diodontidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 489420, Wikidata Q2529941, GBIF 5213388, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.