| Umgangssprachlicher Name | Porcupinefish |
| Language | English |
| Typ | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Land | Micronesia |
| Fundort | |
| Ref. | Smith, A. and P. Dalzell, 1993 |
| Lebensstadium | juveniles and adults |
| Geschlecht | females and males |
| Core | non-fish animal |
| Erster Bezug | |
| Zweiter Bezug | |
| Remarks | 'porcupine', i.e., spiny pig, from Latin 'porcus', i.e., pig and 'spinus, i.e., spine (p. 404, Ref. 11979); 'fish' from Germanic 'fiskaz' from same source as Latin 'piscis' from Indo-European word 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979); 'porcupinefish', applied to the bloated, spiny appearance that this fish takes when threatened. Name applied to Chilomycterus affinis. |