Chilomycterus
Burrfishes | |
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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
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Synonyms | |
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 & , 1897 (Web burrfish)
- Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Spotfin burrfish)
- Chilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792) (Striped burrfish)
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- (Y. Le Danois, 1954) (Guinean burrfish)
- (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.
Categories:
- Chilomycterus
- Marine fish genera
- Taxa named by Charles N. F. Brisout
- Tetraodontiformes stubs