Chilomycterus

Burrfishes
Chilomycterus schoepfii
Chilomycterus antillarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Diodontidae
Genus:	Chilomycterus Brisout de Barneville, 1846
Type species
Diodon reticulatus Brisout de Barneville, 1846
Synonyms
Atinga Le Danois, 1954 Chilomyctere Bibron, 1855 Cyanichthys Kaup, 1855 Lyosphaera Evermann & Kendall, 1898 (uncertainly a synonym of this genus)

Chilomycterus is a genus of porcupinefishes.

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Chilomycterus antennatus (G. Cuvier, 1816) (Bridled burrfish)
• Chilomycterus antillarum D. S. Jordan & Rutter, 1897 (Web burrfish)
• Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Spotfin burrfish)
• Chilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792) (Striped burrfish)
• Chilomycterus spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • C. s. mauretanicus (Y. Le Danois, 1954) (Guinean burrfish)
  • C. s. spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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