Black-blotched porcupinefish (Eng) - Diodon liturosus(Lat) (Diodontidae) - grows up to 65 cm. Feeds on mollusks and crustaseans. When in danger, attains ball-form pumping inside water. It is not recommended for divers to frighten porcupinefish - this procedure is extremely painful for poor fish
Habitat:
Red Sea, Indo-Pacific - Maldives, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, warm waters around coral reefs
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Photo Author - Andrey Ryanskiy
