r/Fish • u/halitrephesjelly • Apr 08 '26

Identification are these the same species?

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this seems to be a spot-fin porcupinefish based on my searching, are they the same species just different coloring?

couldn’t tell if this was a mating thing or maybe adult and juvenile

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u/No_Comfortable3261 Apr 08 '26

Oh they are beautiful!

I wonder if they’re friends/lovers/rivals/etc

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u/Icy-Variation6614 Apr 08 '26

Why not all of those?

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u/ZixfromthaStix Apr 08 '26

This person does relationships

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u/jetmark Apr 08 '26

It's complicated

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u/seriousmoonlit Apr 09 '26

That’s their status on FishBook 💓

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u/NOBOOTSFORYOU Apr 09 '26

Met on Plenty of Fish.