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Black-blotched porcupinefish
Diodon liturosus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Black-blotched porcupinefish
- Scientific
- Diodon liturosus
- Dhivehi
- Kashi koli
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 65 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 90 m (usually 15 to 30 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023
Description
A porcupinefish with short spines and several large dark blotches edged in yellow or white on the body, including one under the eye. It hides in caves, under ledges and below table corals by day and forages at night for crustaceans and molluscs. It inflates into a spiny ball when threatened.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives kashi koli.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Diodon-liturosus.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=6552&GenusName=Diodon&SpeciesName=lit
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pufferfish_komodo.jpg
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Kashi koli' (Latin script). FLAG: single source.