Diodon
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This article is about the fish. For the clipboard software, see Diodon (software).
Porcupinefishes or balloonfishes, are any of the various species of the genus Diodon, the type genus of Diodontidae.
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Porcupinefishes | |
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Diodon holocanthus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Diodontidae |
Genus: | Diodon Linnaeus, 1758 |
Type species | |
Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 |
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