List of Nominal Species of Diodontidae
(Porcupinefishes (burrfishes))
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Nominal Species (n = 51) Present allocation (n = 18) Ref.
Chilomycterus affinis Günther, 1870 Chilomycterus reticulatus 58302
Diodon antennatus Cuvier, 1816 Chilomycterus antennatus 7251
Chilomycterus antillarum Jordan & Rutter, 1897 Chilomycterus antillarum 13608
Diodon armillatus Whitley, 1933 Diodon hystrix 6951
Atinga atinga mauretanicus Le Danois, 1954 Chilomycterus spinosus mauretanicus 6951
Diodon atringa Linnaeus, 1758 Chilomycterus reticulatus 89336
Diodon bertolettii de Lema, de Lucena, Saenger & De Oliveira, 1979 Diodon eydouxii 4423
Diodon bleekeri Günther, 1910 Diodon liturosus 11441
Atopomycterus bocagei Steindachner, 1866 Diodon holocanthus 6951
Diodon brachiatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Diodon hystrix 6951
Diodon caeruleus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Cyclichthys orbicularis 394
Diodon calori Bianconi, 1854 Lophodiodon calori 4423
Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville, 1846 Diodon eydouxii 4423
Diodon geometricus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Chilomycterus antillarum 93017
Chilomycterus hardenbergi de Beaufort, 1939 Cyclichthys hardenbergi 6771
Diodon holocanthus (non Linnaeus, 1758) Diodon liturosus 4423
Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758 Diodon holocanthus 3393
Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 Diodon hystrix 2334
Diodon hystrix (non Linnaeus, 1758) Diodon holocanthus 6951
Diodon jaculiferus Cuvier, 1818 Tragulichthys jaculiferus 6771
Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804 Diodon liturosus 1602
Diodon liturosus (non Shaw, 1804) Diodon holocanthus 6951
Diodon maculatus Duméril, 1855 Diodon liturosus 11441
Diodon maculifer Kaup, 1855 Diodon holocanthus 3393
Diodon melanopsis Kaup, 1855 Diodon eydouxii 6951
Diodon multimaculatus Cuvier, 1818 Diodon holocanthus 6951
Diodon nicthemerus Cuvier, 1818 Diodon nicthemerus 9002
Lophodiodon nigropunctatus Smith, 1957 Lophodiodon calori 4423
Diodon novemmaculatus Cuvier, 1818 Diodon holocanthus 6951
Diodon nudifrons Jenkins, 1903 Diodon hystrix 6951
Diodon orbicularis Bloch, 1785 Cyclichthys orbicularis 4423
Atinga orbicularis coeruleus Le Danois, 1959 Cyclichthys orbicularis 2871
Diodon paraholocanthus Kotthaus, 1979 Diodon holocanthus 3393
Chilomycterus parcomaculatus von Bonde, 1923 Cyclichthys orbicularis 4423
Allomycterus pilatus Whitley, 1931 Allomycterus pilatus 9563
Diodon pilosus Mitchill, 1815 Diodon holocanthus 6951
Diodon punctatus Cuvier, 1818 Diodon hystrix 6951
Dicotylichthys punctulatus Kaup, 1855 Dicotylichthys punctulatus 9680
Euchilomycterus quadradicatus Waite, 1900 Chilomycterus reticulatus 6951
Diodon quadrimaculatus Cuvier, 1818 Diodon holocanthus 6951
Diodon reticulatus Linnaeus, 1758 Chilomycterus reticulatus 89336
Diodon rivulatus Cuvier, 1818 Chilomycterus schoepfii 7442
Diodon schoepfii Walbaum, 1792 Chilomycterus schoepfii 35505
Diodon sexmaculatus Cuvier, 1818 Diodon holocanthus 6951
Chilomycterus spilostylus Leis & Randall, 1982 Cyclichthys spilostylus 4423
Diodon spinosissimus Cuvier, 1818 Diodon hystrix 6951
Diodon spinosissimus (non Cuvier, 1818) Diodon eydouxii 6951
Diodon spinosus Linnaeus, 1758 Chilomycterus spinosus spinosus 36656
Diodon tigrinus Cuvier, 1818 Chilomycterus reticulatus 4423
Diodon totara Curtiss, 1938 Diodon hystrix 6951
Allomycterus whitleyi Phillipps, 1932 Allomycterus pilatus 93017
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