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FishBase 1 thumbnail  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features dark blue; fins spotted dorsal and anal finsangular snout spines less than body spines tail base: 1-2 spines Slender body; large eye; teeth fused into beak with no separation of beak-halves; gill opening a vertical slit before pectoral; dorsal and anal fins on rear of body; no pelvic fins; body and head covered with erectile spines; >20 spines between snout and dorsal fin, none on snout; 2 or more small, fixed spines on top of tail base; spines on snout shorter than those an body; body spines long, slender; short, fixed spine immediately above gill opening; nostril with two-holed tentacle; dorsal 16-18 rays; anal 16-18 rays; pectoral 19-22 rays; dorsal and anal fins of adult curved and pointed. Medium to dark blue above, shading to white below; top and sides with black or dark blue Size: 30 cm. Habitat: oceanic, epipelagic. Depth: 0-10 m. Circumtropical; the central Gulf of California to Colombia and the oceanic islands. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo). Depth Range Max: 10 m. Depth Range Min: 0 m. Diet: bony fishes; zooplankton; Pelagic crustacea; pelagic fish larvae. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=29; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=31; Longitudinal range=37. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore; Planktivore. FishBase Habitat: Pelagic. Global Endemism: Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans); East Pacific + Atlantic (East +/or West); Transisthmian (East Pacific + Atlantic of Central America); East Pacific + all Atlantic (East+West); All Pacific (West + Central + East); TEP non-endemic; "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species. Habitat: Water column. Inshore Offshore: Offshore; Offshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 30 cm. Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Mid Water; Near Surface; Surface; Water column only; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Brisout de Barneville,., 1846., Note sur les Diodoniens., Rev. Zool., 1846:136-143. Grove , J.S. and Lavenberg, R. J., 1997., The fishes of the Galápagos islands., Stanford University Press:863 pp. Leis, J. M., 1978., Systematics and zoogeography of the porcupinefishes (Diodon, Diodontidae, Tetraodontiformes), with comments on egg and larval development., United States Fish Wildlife Service, Fisheries Bulletin, 76:535-567. Lopez , M. I. and Bussing, W. A., 1982., Lista provisional de los peces marinos de la Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 30(1):5-26. Van der Heiden , A. M. and Findley, L. T., 1988., Lista de los peces marinos del sur de Sinaloa, México., Anales del Centro de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia de la Universidad Autonoma Nacional de Mexico, 15:209-224. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Diodon&speciesname=eydouxii ---> http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Diodon&speciesname=eydouxii http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Diodon&speciesname=eydouxii ---> https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Diodon&speciesname=eydouxii https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Diodon&speciesname=eydouxii ---> https://fishbase.net.br/summary/Diodon-eydouxii.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Diodon Species in    Diodontidae - Classification - Diodontidae Tetraodontiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville , 1846 Pelagic porcupinefish Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Diodon eydouxii   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Diodon eydouxii Picture by Tanaka, H. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Diodontidae (Porcupinefishes (burrfishes)) Etymology: Diodon: Greek, di = two + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335 ) . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 1 - ? m (Ref. 58302 ). Tropical; 31°N - 37°S, 50°W - 154°W Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Circumtropical. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 27.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4423 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16-18; Anal spines : 0; Anal soft rays : 16 - 18. Back and sides blue, with small elongate black spots; fins with spots; dark gular band; belly silvery white (Ref. 4423 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Pelagic throughout its life history (Ref. 592 , 48637 ). A schooling species. Feeds on larger zooplankton and fish larvae (Ref. 9680 , 48637 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Leis, J.M. , 2001. Diodontidae. Porcupine fishes (burrfishes). p. 3958-3965. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9680 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 06 June 2011 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: minor commercial FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5313   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.04786 (0.01967 - 0.11644), b=2.82 (2.61 - 3.03), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.7   ±0.51 se; based on food items. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (17 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Unknown . Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : Laguna, Philippines Page last modified by : mrius-barile Updated: 2024-04-24 02:39:25 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation