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Cyclichthys orbicularis in life
In life — Shortspine Porcupinefish, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Pauline Walsh Jacobson
BPBM 20685Ichthyology

Cyclichthys orbicularis

Shortspine Porcupinefish

As recorded: Cyclichthys orbicularis (Bloch, 1785)

Animalia › Chordata › Tetraodontiformes › Diodontidae

Collected by
International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE), station 445International Indian Ocean Expedition →station →
Date
May 26, 1976
Locality
Indian Ocean
Region
Somalia
Coordinates
9.6833, 51.0500
Depth
65 m
Record type
Preserved specimen
13 Bishop specimens of Cyclichthys orbicularis · collected 1964–1988Species page ›

Where it was collected

Cite this specimen

Cyclichthys orbicularis. BPBM 20685. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36245926. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/20685.

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