Diodon eydouxii Pelagic porcupinefish

Diodon eydouxii is commonly referred to as Pelagic porcupinefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 1500 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:

3821 

AphiaID:

127401 

Scientific:

Diodon eydouxii 

German:

Igelfisch 

English:

Pelagic Porcupinefish 

Category:

Porcupinefishes/Burrfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Diodontidae (Family) > Diodon (Genus) > eydouxii (Species) 

Initial determination:

Brisout de Barneville, 1846 

Occurrence:

Circumtropic 

Size:

up to 10.63" (27 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 78.8 °F (24°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Zooplankton 

Tank:

329.97 gal (~ 1500L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Diodon eydouxii
  Igelfisch
• 
  Diodon holocanthus
  Braunflecken-Igelfisch, Langstachel-Igelfish
• 
  Diodon hystrix
  Gepunkteter Igelfisch, Gewöhnlicher Igelfisch
• 
  Diodon liturosus
  Masken-Igelfisch
• 
  Diodon nicthemerus
  Igelfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-08-16 14:11:22 

Last edit:

2011-08-16 14:11:22 

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