Description

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Common Names

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Dybvandspindsvinefisk , Danish , Denmark

Deep-water burrfish , English , Global

Deepwater burrfish , English , Australia

Deepwater burrfish , English , Global

Deepwater porcupinefish , English , Australia

Porcupine fish , English , Australia

Porcupinefish , English , New Zealand

黑斑异短刺鲀 , Mandarin Chinese , China

黑斑異短刺魨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Nohu , Maori , New Zealand

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Tetraodontiformes

Family: Diodontidae

Genus: Allomycterus

Species: Allomycterus pilatus Whitley, 1931

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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Indo-West Pacific: temperate Australia, Tasman Sea and New Zealand.

Biology

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A deepwater species found on the continental shelf. Capable of inflating its body by sucking in air or water and easily gets entangled in nets (Ref. 9563).

Habitat

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demersal