Diodon eydouxii
Pelagic Porcupinefish
As recorded: Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville, 1846
Animalia › Chordata › Tetraodontiformes › Diodontidae
- Collected by
- R/V "Townsend Cromwell" cruise 32, station 32station →V Townsend Cromwell cruise 32 →
- Date
- August 13, 1967
- Locality
- Oahu; 30 miles SW of Barbers Point
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Diodon eydouxii observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1967. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 12 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-07-06.
2026-07-06
Sydney NSW, Australia
(c) jenbird88, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-05-17
Garden Route District Municipality, South Africa
(c) mary-hunter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-05-13
Brooms Head NSW 2463, Australia
(c) molly, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-02-01
(c) Daniel Yu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-10-19
Urunga, NSW, AU
(c) urungaroger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-09-18
Estrada de Pitinga, Porto Seguro, BA, BR
(c) Diego Santana, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Diodon eydouxii. BPBM 39113. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36509710. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/39113.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36509710 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026