AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Porcupinefish have a special adaptation that helps protect them from predators. Some of the scales on a porcupinefish’s body are actually hard spines . Most of the time the spiny scales lie flat against the porcupinefish’s body and it looks like a normal fish.

Detailed explanation-2: -Porcupinefish have spines all over their body that help to protect them from predators. When they are scared, they inflate themselves and their spines stick up all over their bodies. Porcupinefish have teeth that are fused into strong “beaks” for crushing their prey.

Detailed explanation-3: -Porcupine fishes are short and broad-bodied, with large eyes, beaklike teeth, and skins set with spines, hence the name. These spines are short and permanently erect in some species, such as the burrfishes of the genus Chilomycterus.

Detailed explanation-4: -The puffer fish has high maneuverability, but low speeds, as it scours the ocean bottom for mulloscs. It has large powerful jaws to break the hard shells of clams and other shelled creatures. Its slow speed and awkward shape leave it a sitting duck for predators.

Detailed explanation-5: -The porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix) gets its name from the numerous long spines located all over the head and body. There are approximately 20 spines in a row between the snout and dorsal fin. It is a member of the puffer fish family Diodontidae.