Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758

Mary, S. Nithya, Ravitchandirane, V. & Gunalan, B., 2021, Checklist of order Tetraodontiformes (Actinopterygii) from Puducherry Coasts, Southeast Coast of India with Nine New Records, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (3), pp. 393-404 : 401

Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758 ( Figure 2S )

Material examined: India: Puducherry, Pillaichavadi fish landing centre (12°0’31”, 79° 51’ 31” NE 4892), 08.xii. 2020, 2 ex., leg. Nithya Mary [ MARC /ZSI/F- 8311] .

Common Name: Balloon porcupine fish, Longspined porcupine fish. Habitat: Marine-Reef Associated. Diet Pattern: Benthic Invertebrates.

Distribution: India: Puducherry, Andaman ( Rao, 2003), Tamil Nadu ( Gopalakrishnan et al., 2012), Kerala ( Baiju et al., 2016). Elsewhere: Western Atlantic: Canada, ( Florida Scott and Scott, 1988), Western Indian Ocean : Southern Red Sea to Madagascar, Reunion and Mauritius ( Letourneur et al., 2004), Pacific Ocean: Southern Japan South to Lord Howe Island and East to the Hawaiian and Easter islands ( Myers, 1999).

Figures

Figure 2A-F. A.Triacanthus biaculeatus; B. Triacanthus nieuhofi; C. Pseudotriacanthus strigilifer; D. Abalistes stellatus; E. Odonus niger; F. Sufflamen fraenatum.