Globefish

The slender-spined porcupine fish or globefish (Diodon nicthemerus) is a porcupinefish of the family Diodontidae, found in the waters of southern Australia, as far north as Port Jackson to Geraldton, Western Australia. It is most common in Port Phillip Bay and the coastal waters of Tasmania in shallow coastal waters and under manmade jetties. It is known to occur at a depth range of 1 to 70 m (3 to 230 ft).

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

Considered poisonous. Public sources list it as such; we have not verified this individually. The note covers its whole family. Porcupinefish; tetrodotoxin Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Allomycterus pilatus — considered poisonous
• Diodon holocanthus — considered poisonous
• Chilomycterus spinosus — considered poisonous
• Chilomycterus schoepfii — considered poisonous
• Dicotylichthys punctulatus — considered poisonous

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Tetraodontiformes

Family

Diodontidae

Genus

Diodon

Species

Diodon nicthemerus

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