#porcupinefish__porcupine_fish__porcupinefish__Diodon_hystrix spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters
supertype: #spiny_puffer__spinypuffer puffers having rigid or erectile spines
member of: #genus_Diodon__Diodon type genus of the Diodontidae
member of: #family_Diodontidae__Diodontidae spiny puffers
member of: #order_Plectognathi__Plectognathi__order_Tetraodontiformes boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers
member of: #superorder_Acanthopterygii__Acanthopterygii teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays
member of: #subclass_Teleostei__Teleostei large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species
member of: #class_Osteichthyes__Osteichthyes a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage
member of: #subphylum_Vertebrata__Vertebrata__Craniata__subphylum_Craniata fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
member of: #phylum_Chordata__Chordata comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord
member of: #kingdom_Animalia__Animalia__animal_kingdom taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
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