balloonfish


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Noun1.balloonfish - similar to but smaller than porcupinefishballoonfish - similar to but smaller than porcupinefish
Diodon holocanthus
spiny puffer - puffers having rigid or erectile spines
Diodon, genus Diodon - type genus of the Diodontidae
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In central Brazil, they were composed of massive schools of the balloonfish (Diodon holocanthus [Madureira et al., 2004]) or of multiple species of triggerfishes (i.e., the unicorn filefish (Aluterus monoceros), gray triggerfish, queen triggerfish [Balistes vetula], and ocean triggerfish [Canthidermis sufflamen]).
Fish assemblages on the southeastern Brazilian Bight, sampled by midwater trawl during spring and summer seasons: species composition, abundance, and environmental drivers
The different English common names reflect the variation in color pattern: Whitespotted Puffer, Stripebelly Puffer, Spiny Balloonfish, and Stars-and-Stripes Puffer.
Color variation of the Puffer Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus) and comparison with A. reticularis (Bloch & Schneider)
Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH), "Balloonfish".
Reproduccion del pez erizo, Diodon holocanthus (Pisces: Diodontidae) en la plataforma continental del Pacifico Central Mexicano

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