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Florida Museum of Natural History / David Snyder / https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/diodon…IMAGE INFORMATION

Porcupine Fish

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

November 13, 1821

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 117

Notes:

A species of porcupine fish, one of which (Diodon hystrix) is pictured here.

The Peale Museum also received a porcupine fish from the West Indies on 7 Jan 1823 from Miss F. Campbell. Accessions Book, p. 123

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

Porcupine fish

Current Scientific Name

Diodon hystrix