Chilomycterus
| Burrfishes | |
|---|---|
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| Chilomycterus schoepfii | |
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| 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 | |
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Atinga Le Danois, 1954 | |
Chilomycterus is a genus of diodontid tetraodontiform fishes commonly called "burrfish."
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)
References
- ↑ Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.
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