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Spotted Porcupinefish /kōkala

Diodon hystrix

Description:

Large pufferfish with spines embedded in their skin that stick straight out when inflated as a defense mechanism. This one was about 12 inches and found in the Ala Wai Canal.

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9 Comments

Jae
Jae 8 years ago

Congratulation, Jackie!

jackie.hawaii
jackie.hawaii 8 years ago

Thank you, everyone. What a surprise! :)

Congrats! Although I have looked many times I have never found anything this interesting on the Ala Wai.

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 8 years ago

Congratulations Jackie!

Josh Asel
Josh Asel 8 years ago

Sweet congrats

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 8 years ago

Nice spotting Jackie.
Keep up the great work!

armadeus.4
armadeus.4 8 years ago

Congratulations!!!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 8 years ago

Congratulations.

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 8 years ago

Congratulations jackie.hawaii! This spotting is being featured as our PN SOTD! Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work!

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jackie.hawaii
Spotted by
jackie.hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Spotted on Mar 10, 2015
Submitted on Mar 12, 2015

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