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Long-Spine Porcupine Fish – Signed Fine Art Print

Name: Long-Spine Porcupine Fish - Signed Fine Art Print
SKU: 82823
Availability: InStock

$19.95 – $27.95

Information about the Long-Spine Porcupine Fish:

The Long-Spine or Long-Spine Porcupine Fish (also called the Spiny Balloonfish) is found in much of the world’s oceans. They generally inhabit muddy sea bottoms, lagoons and coral reefs. The fish is well-known for it’s strange ability to make itself very large by swallowing air and water when threatened. It does this to make itself very unappealing to predators because of the massive spines that stick out when inflated (they lay back on the fish normally.) The spines of the porcupine fish are larger than the pufferfish (which it is sometimes confused with.) The Long-Spine Pufferfish is used in Chinese medicine, even though it can be very poisonous if not prepared correctly.

The poster is printed on matte, museum-quality paper with Giclée printing quality:
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
• Opacity: 94%

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Fine art illustration of a Long-Spine Porcupine Fish (Diodon holocanthus.) The illustration is available in black and white or color.

Artist’s notes:

The Long-Spine Porcupine Fish was completed on 9.28.2011. I have seen these charming fish on occasion while diving in Hawaii. I was unsure which mode to render them: fully deflated or fully inflated. In the end, I went with half-way between the two. This fish was challenging, but overall a lot of fun to draw. The only real problem was finding the correct species to render. I went with Diodon holocanthus because they’re one of the most widespread of the species. The drawing is based on a photo by Dan Hershman and done at the request of my wife Katherine.

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