| Common name | Porcupine fish |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Azores Islands |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Santos, R.S., F.M. Porteiro and J.P. Barreiros, 1997 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | non-fish animal |
| 1st modifier | |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | Porcupinefishes have prominent spines covering their heads ad bodies (Ref. 5288). 'porcupine', i.e., spiny pig, from Latin 'porcus', i.e., pig and 'spinus, i.e., spine (p. 404, Ref. 11979). Name applied to Chilomycterus atringa. |