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'''Porcupinefish''' are medium-to-large [[fish]] belonging to the family '''Diodontidae''' from the order [[Tetraodontiformes]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Diodontidae/classification/ |title=Diodontidae: Classification |date=2023 |last1=Myers |first1=P.|last2=Espinosa |first2=R. |last3=Parr |first3=C. S. |last4=Jones |first4=T. |last5=Hammond |first5=G. S. |last6=Dewey |first6=T. A. |website=Animal Diversity Web |publisher=[[University of Michigan]] Museum of Zoology |access-date=1 April 2023 }}</ref> which are also commonly called '''blowfish''' and, sometimes, '''balloonfish''' and '''globefish'''. The family includes about 18 species. They are sometimes collectively called '''pufferfish''',<ref name=AF>{{cite book|editor=Cooke, J.|author=Mills, D.|year=1993|title=Aquarium Fish|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=San Diego|pages=[https://archive.org/details/aquariumfish00mill_0/page/281 281]|isbn=1-56458-293-0|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/aquariumfish00mill_0/page/281}}</ref> not to be confused with the morphologically similar and closely related [[Tetraodontidae]], which are more commonly given this name.

'''Porcupinefish''' are medium-to-large [[fish]] belonging to the family '''Diodontidae''' from the order [[Tetraodontiformes]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Diodontidae/classification/ |title=Diodontidae: Classification |date=2023 |last1=Myers |first1=P.|last2=Espinosa |first2=R. |last3=Parr |first3=C. S. |last4=Jones |first4=T. |last5=Hammond |first5=G. S. |last6=Dewey |first6=T. A. |website=Animal Diversity Web |publisher=[[University of Michigan]] Museum of Zoology |access-date=1 April 2023 }}</ref> which are also commonly called '''blowfish''' and, sometimes, '''balloonfish''' and '''globefish'''. They are sometimes collectively called '''pufferfish''',<ref name=AF>{{cite book|editor=Cooke, J.|author=Mills, D.|year=1993|title=Aquarium Fish|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=San Diego|pages=[https://archive.org/details/aquariumfish00mill_0/page/281 281]|isbn=1-56458-293-0|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/aquariumfish00mill_0/page/281}}</ref> not to be confused with the morphologically similar and closely related [[Tetraodontidae]], which are more commonly given this name.



They are found in shallow, temperate, and tropical seas worldwide. A few species are found much further out from shore, wherein large schools of thousands of individuals can occur.<ref name="AM">{{cite web |url=https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/diodontidae-porcupinefishes/ |title=Diodontidae - Porcupinefishes |date=18 June 2022<!-- fr pg source -->|website=Animal factsheets |publisher=[[Australian Museum]] |access-date=1 April 2023 }}</ref><ref name=EoF>{{cite book |last1=Matsuura |first1=K. |last2=Tyler |first2=J.C. |editor-last1=Paxton |editor-first1=J.R. |editor-last2=Eschmeyer |editor-first2=W.N. |year=1998 |title=Encyclopedia of Fishes |location=San Diego, California, USA |publisher= Academic Press |pages= 231 |isbn= 0-12-547665-5}}</ref>

They are found in shallow, temperate, and tropical seas worldwide. A few species are found much further out from shore, wherein large schools of thousands of individuals can occur.<ref name="AM">{{cite web |url=https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/diodontidae-porcupinefishes/ |title=Diodontidae - Porcupinefishes |date=18 June 2022<!-- fr pg source -->|website=Animal factsheets |publisher=[[Australian Museum]] |access-date=1 April 2023 }}</ref><ref name=EoF>{{cite book |last1=Matsuura |first1=K. |last2=Tyler |first2=J.C. |editor-last1=Paxton |editor-first1=J.R. |editor-last2=Eschmeyer |editor-first2=W.N. |year=1998 |title=Encyclopedia of Fishes |location=San Diego, California, USA |publisher= Academic Press |pages= 231 |isbn= 0-12-547665-5}}</ref>

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