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Porcupine Puffer For Sale

It is a member of the family diodontidae the spiny puffers.

Porcupine puffer for sale. The balloonfish also known as the spiny porcupinefish and spiny puffer ranges worldwide in tropical waters and some subtropical and temperate areas. The porcupine puffer has spiny appendages covering most of its body which varies from shades of tan to a golden color with darker sports. Porcupine puffers diodon holocanthus also called balloonfish are odd little puffers that make great pets.

The porcupine puffer nbsp diodon holocanthus also known as the burrfish is equipped with spines resembling a porcupines jaws with two fused teeth and the ability to expand its body when agitated. They have a strong beak like mouth to help them eat tough meaty foods and crustaceans including krill shelled shrimp as well as squid and clams. This fish along with its close relatives has the ability to inflate.

Top care facts for the porcupine puffer diodon holocanthus care level. They are one of the most popular pufferfish species for their unique appearance and relative hardiness nbsp the porcupine puffer will feed primarily on a carnivorous diet consisting of small. Puffers are not agressive toward most other fish but they can and will eat shrimp crabs and clams in your tank so these are probably best for fish only tanks.