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It is sad sometimes to see what gets washed up onto a beach after an ocean storm. Pictured here from the family of porcupinefish is the Three-bar Porcupinefish (Dicotylichthys punctulatus), sometimes spelt Threebar Porcupinefish. It is a species of porcupinefish that is endemic to the east coast of Australia, often found in coastal and offshore reef environments down to 50 m deep.
This species grows to 40 cm in standard length, although most only reach 18 cm. The stranded porcupinefish pictured here was approximately 28-30 cm in length.
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- Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
- Informal: Gnathostomata
- Informal: Pisces
- Class: Actinopterygii
- Unranked: Euteleostei
- Superorder: Acanthopterygii
- Order: Tetraodontiformes
- Family: Diodontidae
- Genus: Dicotylichthys
- Species: Dicotylichthys punctulatus
Footnote & References
- Many thanks to Sydney Dives for the ID, www.sydneydives.com / www.facebook.com/sydneydives
- Three-Bar Porcupinefish (Dicotylichthys Punctulatus), Sydney Dives, www.sydneydives.com/threebarporcupinefish.html
- Dicotylichthys punctulatus Kaup, 1855, Threebar Porcupinefish, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e1bceb41-4d7a-466c-a556-f2af207d21b5
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