What pufferfish/porcupinefish does the Safari Ltd Mini represent?

[andrewsaurus]

I've been looking at pictures of pufferfish and porcupinefish for a while and can't figure out what the little Safari Ltd Mini pufferfish is supposed to represent.  For it's one inch size, it looks pretty good.  I suspect it's the same pufferfish as their large version but I can't figure out what it is either.

Please help me identify my puffer...

[Isidro]

I think every one of the Good Luck Mini figurines of Safari LTD are exact smaller versions of standard-sized figures of the same brand. So every species is the same than the larger counterpart.

[Gwangi]

What Isidro said. And the IC pufferfish appears to be a long-spine porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) so that's what the mini is too.

[Shane]

The mini really doesn't have enough detail to define the species. It can probably be any type of porcupinefish you choose.

The Incredible Creatures Pufferfish is listed in the Toy Animal Wiki as Diodon holocanthus (long spine porcupinefish, called the baloonfish when I was growing up). However, I think it's more likely Diodon hystrix (spotfin porcupinefish, just called porcupinefish when I was growing up). Mostly because the Safari figure has spotted fins, which Diodon holocanthus seems to lack. The body markings seem closer to D. holocanthus than D. hystrix, but I would probably chalk that up to simplification of the paint for cost purposes.

It's possible there was no intentional distinction to make the figure either D. holocanthus and D. hystrix when the figure was created, and it was meant to just be a generic Diodon figure, but I lean toward D. hystrix due to the yellow coloration and the spotted fins.

[Gwangi]

The mini really doesn't have enough detail to define the species. It can probably be any type of porcupinefish you choose.

The Incredible Creatures Pufferfish is listed in the Toy Animal Wiki as Diodon holocanthus (long spine porcupinefish, called the baloonfish when I was growing up). However, I think it's more likely Diodon hystrix (spotfin porcupinefish, just called porcupinefish when I was growing up). Mostly because the Safari figure has spotted fins, which Diodon holocanthus seems to lack. The body markings seem closer to D. holocanthus than D. hystrix, but I would probably chalk that up to simplification of the paint for cost purposes.

It's possible there was no intentional distinction to make the figure either D. holocanthus and D. hystrix when the figure was created, and it was meant to just be a generic Diodon figure, but I lean toward D. hystrix due to the yellow coloration and the spotted fins.

Good eye there @Shane, although I ultimately agree that there was likely no real effort to make anything more specific than a "porcupine pufferfish".

[andrewsaurus]

that's terrific info.  Thanks for the responses, all.