DIODONTIDAE
DIODONTIDAE
Porcupine fishes ( burrfishes )
أسماك النيص الشوكية
Order: TetraodontiformesClass: Actinopterygii
3species in the encyclopedia
3count stated by the source
3records with a plate cleared for display (of 3)
What this page holds, and what it does not
It holds the published records of this family with the names the register designates, the plates cleared for display, and the characters of the family as the printed source states them.
No scientific distribution is published for any record yet; the names recorded for the Red Sea and the Gulf are names, not occurrence records.
No conservation assessment is published in the register yet, so no conservation badge is shown for any record.
Taxa in this family
One card per record: its plate when the register permits one, its name with its standing, and its codes. A card without an image has no plate the register lets us display.
Chilonycterus spilostylus
Yellowspotted burrfish Measured specimen length: 29.7 cm
HWT-FISH-0137
Diodon holocanthus
Long spined porcupinefish Measured specimen length: 24 cm
HWT-FISH-0138
Diodon hystrix
Spot-fin porcupinefish Measured specimen length: 27.5 cm
HWT-FISH-0139
The length is that of one measured specimen, not the maximum length of the species. A missing length means the encyclopedia holds no documented value.
Family characters
- Fin formula: Dorsal D: 1 + 1 + 5; 8-9 rays
- Fin formula: Anal A: 6-8 rays
- Fin formula: Pectoral P2: 5-6 spines
- Fin formula: Pelvic P1: 1 spine
- Species count stated by the source: 3
These are diagnostic characters of the family. They are not a measured value for any individual species and do not appear on species pages.
Scientific sources
أسماك من المياه الإقليمية للمملكة في البحر الأحمر — مركز أبحاث الثروة السمكية، جـدة (2011).
ط١ ١٤٣٢هـ/٢٠١١م.