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The spot-fin porcupinefish is a medium-sized fish which grows up to 91 cm, but the average size mostly observed is 40 cm. [2] Its body is elongated with a spherical head with big round protruding eyes, and a large mouth which is rarely closed.
Adult C. reticulatus are grey to brown in colour with a black gular band and small black spots on upper surfaces and fins. The pelagic juveniles are blue in colour with dark spots above, the spots reaching to the belly. [5] They grow to a standard length of 50 cm but up to 75 cm has been recorded [6] [7] Chilomycterus reticulatus
The porcupine fish (as Diodon antennatus) is mentioned in Charles Darwin's famous account of his trip around the world, The Voyage of the Beagle. He noted how the fish can swim quite well when inflated, though the altered buoyancy requires them to do so upside down.
The fish itself isn't bad, and lacks the overly-processed quality of many fast-food fish patties. It gets a dusting of "fiery seasoning" and a hefty topping of diced jalapenos that end up mixing ...
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Bodies of the males are yellowish brown, with white spots above and bluish orange spots/bands on the flanks. Found near coral and rocky reefs. Omnivorous 25 cm. Aquarium fish Spot-fin porcupinefish (Bouletangue) Pale green to olive brown covered with black spots; shades of white below. Takes the shape of a ball covered with spines when inflated.
Its color is olivaceous or brownish above and pale yellow below. The back and sides are irregularly striped with brownish, dusky, or black lines which are parallel to each other and which run obliquely downward. There are several large black spots on the sides, one just below the dorsal fin, and another behind the pectoral fin. Its maximum size ...
Spot-fin porcupinefish: tropical and subtropical waters of the world, including the Mediterranean Sea Diodon liturosus G. Shaw, 1804: Black-blotched porcupinefish: tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific area from eastern coasts of Africa to Japan Diodon nicthemerus G. Cuvier, 1818: Slender-spined porcupinefish