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More About Porcupine Fishes ...
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Porcupinefish are fish of the family Diodontidae (order Tetraodontiformes).
They have the ability to blow themselves up by swallowing water or air when threatened. They are covered by long spines that stick out sharply when the fish is inflated.
The porcupinefish is closely related to the pufferfish, which does not have spines.
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Porcupine Fish
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Tropical Marine Ecology Page (R. Hays Cummins, Miami University)
These are long movies. Will take time to load, but worth the wait! A beautiful Porcupine Fish (Diodon hystix) hides beneath coral at the "Grotto," San Salvador, Bahamas.
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Porcupine Fish
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California State University, Fullerton
video of the porcupine fish swimming
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