Dicotylichthys
Sign in to saveDicotylichthys punctulatus, also known as the three-bar porcupinefish, is a species of porcupinefish endemic to the east coast of Australia, where it is found in coastal and offshore reef environments down to deep. This species grows to in standard length, although most only reach . This species is the only known member of the genus Dicotylichthys.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderTetraodontiformes
- FamilyDiodontidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- Family
- Diodontidae
- Collections
- AM, USNM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Australia
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- Description
- Distribution and habitat
- Ecology
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Dicotylichthys punctulatus, also known as the three-bar porcupinefish, is a species of porcupinefish endemic to the east coast of Australia, where it is found in coastal and offshore reef environments down to deep. This species grows to in standard length, although most only reach . This species is the only known member of the genus Dicotylichthys.
== Description == This species grow to in length
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dicotylichthys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.