1. Class – Osteichthyes Order-TetraodontiformesFamily-Diodontidae

2.  FUN FACTS!!!!!!!  Porcupine fish eat snails, crabs and sea urchins.  They have a toxic skin substance which are usually considered poisonous.  They are introverted creatures.  This psychedelic fish is not enlisted as endangered.

3.  Info  It gets its name from the long spines all over it’s body  On some pacific islands the dried skins were used for war helmets  They are not normally caught for human consumption  The teeth are fused together into a single unit creating a strong, beak-like mouth

4.  Info Cont.  Porcupine fish are nocturnal predators.  It puffs up by drawing in air or water and does this to protect itself from predators.  It inflates up to 2 or 3 times its normal size  They are about 10-12 inches long, although some species can grow up to 36 inches  They live in warm waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans

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7.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVta9ivMKgc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVta9ivMKgc Doug The Porcupine Fish

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