18 Species in Family Diodontidae
Nominal species list for Diodontidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Allomycterus pilatus Whitley, 1931 Deep-water burrfish
Chilomycterus antennatus (Cuvier, 1816) Bridled burrfish
Chilomycterus antillarum Jordan & Rutter, 1897 Web burrfish
Chilomycterus mauretanicus (Le Danois, 1954) Guinean burrfish
Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Spotfin burrfish
Chilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792) Striped burrfish
Chilomycterus spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cyclichthys hardenbergi (de Beaufort, 1939) Hardenburg's burrfish
Cyclichthys orbicularis (Bloch, 1785) Birdbeak burrfish
Cyclichthys spilostylus (Leis & Randall, 1982) Spotbase burrfish
Dicotylichthys punctulatus Kaup, 1855 Three-barred porcupinefish
Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville, 1846 Pelagic porcupinefish
Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758 Longspined porcupinefish
Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 Spot-fin porcupinefish
Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804 Black-blotched porcupinefish
Diodon nicthemerus Cuvier, 1818 Slender-spined porcupine fish
Lophodiodon calori (Bianconi, 1854) Four-bar porcupinefish
Tragulichthys jaculiferus (Cuvier, 1818) Longspine burrfish
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