Family Diodontidae - Porcupinefishes (burrfishes)
  Order
:
Diodontidae Diodontidae
  Class
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Teleostei
No. in FishBase
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Genera : 7 | Species : 18 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : No | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
  Division
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Marine
  Aquarium
:
some
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Well-developed sharp spines covering body. Body inflatable, and in some species the spines erect only when the body is inflated. Jaws with 2 fused teeth (parrotlike). Opposite premaxillaries and dentaries entirely united at midline. Adults found inshore; the young pelagic. Feed primarily on hard-shelled invertebrates crushed by the beak. Eggs are pelagic.
  Etymology
:
Greek, di = two + Greek, odous = tooth, teeth. 1776
  Reproductive guild
:
nonguarders
  Typical activity level
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  Main Ref.
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | Tetraodontiformes | Tetraodontoidei | | Diodontidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Diodontidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
acceptedseniororiginal
Diodon hystrix hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniorchange in rank
Paradiodon hystrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
! Diodon histrix Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
! Diodon hystrax Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
! Diodon hystris Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
Diodon brachiatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymjuniororiginal
Diodon punctatus Cuvier, 1818
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Diodon nudifrons Jenkins, 1903
synonymjuniororiginal
Diodon armillatus Whitley, 1933
synonymjuniororiginal
Diodon totara Curtiss, 1938
synonymjuniororiginal
Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in rank
! Diodon holacanthus Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
Diodon pilosus Mitchill, 1815
synonymjuniororiginal
Trichodiodon pilosus (Mitchill, 1815)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
! Diodon novemaculatus Cuvier, 1818
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
Diodon sexmaculatus Cuvier, 1818
synonymjuniororiginal
Diodon maculifer Kaup, 1855
synonymjuniororiginal
Atopomycterus bocagei Steindachner, 1866
synonymjuniororiginal
Diodon paraholocanthus Kotthaus, 1979
synonymjuniororiginal
Diodon hystrix (non Linnaeus, 1758)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Diodon liturosus (non Shaw, 1804)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804
acceptedseniororiginal
! Diodon literosus Shaw, 1804
synonymseniororiginal
! Diodon lituratus Shaw, 1804
synonymseniororiginal
Diodon maculatus Duméril, 1855
synonymjuniororiginal
Diodon bleekeri Günther, 1910
synonymjuniororiginal
Diodon holocanthus (non Linnaeus, 1758)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Diodon nicthemerus Cuvier, 1818
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
! Diodon nycthemerus Cuvier, 1818
synonymseniororiginal
Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville, 1846
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Diodon bertolettii de Lema, de Lucena, Saenger & De Oliveira, 1979
synonymjuniororiginal
Diodon spinosissimus (non Cuvier, 1818)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Diodon reticulatus Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
! Chilomycteris reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
Diodon atringa Linnaeus, 1758
synonymjuniororiginal
Chilomycterus atringa (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymjuniornew
! Chilomycterus atinga (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymjuniornew
Diodon tigrinus Cuvier, 1818
synonymjuniororiginal
Chilomycterus affinis Günther, 1870
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Chilomycterus spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Diodon spinosus Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Cyclichthys spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
Chilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792)
acceptedseniornew
Diodon schoepfii Walbaum, 1792
synonymseniororiginal
Chilomycterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792)
synonymseniornew
Cyclichthys schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792)
synonymseniornew
! Chilomycterus schoepgi (Walbaum, 1792)
synonymseniornew
Diodon rivulatus Cuvier, 1818
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
Diodon antennatus Cuvier, 1816
synonymseniororiginal
Cyclichthys antennatus (Cuvier, 1816)
synonymseniornew
Chilomycterus antillarum Jordan & Rutter, 1897
acceptedseniororiginal
Cyclichthys antillarum (Jordan & Rutter, 1897)
synonymseniornew
Diodon geometricus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymjuniororiginal
Chilomycterus geometricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
synonymjuniornew
Chilomycterus mauretanicus (Le Danois, 1954)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Chilomycterus orbicularis (non Bloch, 1785)
misappliedmisappliednew
Chilomycterus antennatus (non Cuvier, 1816)
misappliedmisappliednew
acceptedseniornew
Diodon orbicularis Bloch, 1785
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Diodon caeruleus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
synonymjuniororiginal
! Atinga orbicularis coeruleus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Cyclichthys hardenbergi (de Beaufort, 1939)
acceptedseniornew
Chilomycterus hardenbergi de Beaufort, 1939
synonymseniororiginal
Cyclichthys spilostylus (Leis & Randall, 1982)
acceptedseniornew
Chilomycterus spilostylus Leis & Randall, 1982
synonymseniororiginal
! Cyclicthys spilostylos (Leis & Randall, 1982)
synonymseniornew
Cyclichthys echinatus (non Linnaeus, 1758)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
acceptedseniororiginal
Allomycterus pilatus Whitley, 1931
acceptedseniororiginal
Allomycterus whitleyi Phillipps, 1932
synonymjuniororiginal
! Allomycterus whiteleyi Phillipps, 1932
synonymjuniororiginal
Allomycterus jaculiferus (non Cuvier, 1818)
misappliedmisappliednew
Tragulichthys jaculiferus (non Cuvier, 1818)
misappliedmisappliednew
acceptedseniornew
Diodon jaculiferus Cuvier, 1818
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
synonymseniornew
Lophodiodon calori (Bianconi, 1854)
acceptedseniornew
Diodon calori Bianconi, 1854
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
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