Diodon holocanthus
Longspined Porcupinefish
As recorded: Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
Animalia › Chordata › Tetraodontiformes › Diodontidae
- Collected by
- R/V "Townsend Cromwell" cruise 32, station 6station →V Townsend Cromwell cruise 32 →
- Date
- July 14, 1967
- Locality
- Oahu; W side
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- United States
- Coordinates
- 21.3667, -158.2330
- Depth
- 104 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On July 14, 1967, R/V "Townsend Cromwell" cruise 32, station 6 also collected 1 other specimen.
Still here: Diodon holocanthus observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1967. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 49 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-05-03.
2026-05-03
Ko Olina
(c) Kea, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-02-15
North Pacific Ocean, Mākaha, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-01-25
Hawaii, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-12-27
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) Ryan Cuzalina, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-09-14
Hawaii, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-08-14
Hawaii, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Diodon holocanthus. BPBM 25104. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36510386. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/25104.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36510386 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026