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Spot Fin Porcupinefish

Diodon hystrix

Description:

Photo take at -30 ft in a Caribbean reef this guy it was hiding under a reef edge big one. Spot fin Porcupinefish may be up to 1 m long and weigh as much as 2.8kg. It is coloured tan with dark spots above and pale below, and has many long, moveable spines.

Habitat:

Seaward reefs, sheltering under ledges or in caves during the day. More active during night found from Florida all the Caribbean see central America to Brazil.

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Gerardo Aizpuru
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Gerardo Aizpuru

Mexico

Spotted on Jun 20, 2012
Submitted on Jun 20, 2012

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