Four Bar Porcupinefish

Pelagic specimens with small spots covering body; benthic specimens with 4 dark bars on flanks and a blotch on each pectoral and dorsal fin bases; fins unspotted (Ref. 4423).Description: Characterized by light brown color dorsally and white ventrally; black lips; blackish bar below eye; short spines, most on head and belly two-rooted and erectile, spines on sides and back three-rooted and fixed; caudal peduncle with a pair of prominent spines dorsally (Ref. 90102).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 12; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 10 - 11

Continental shelves to 100 m (Ref. 9680). Adults benthic, juveniles pelagic. Presumably feeds on hard-shelled invertebrates.

Continental shelves to 100 m (Ref. 9680). Also found on sand-rubble bottoms (Ref. 90102). Adults benthic, juveniles pelagic (Ref. 30573). Presumably feeds on hard-shelled invertebrates (Ref. 9680). Not usually marketed (Ref. 9680). Not a common species (Ref. 9680).

fisheries: of no interest

Continental shelves to 100 m (Ref. 9680). Presumably feeds on hard-shelled invertebrates (Ref. 9680). Sometimes trawled but not usually marketed (Ref. 9680). Not a common species (Ref. 9680).