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Diodon Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 126231

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Diodontidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Parent Diodontidae
Synonymised
taxa
  Euchilomycterus
Paradiodon
Trichodiodon
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

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 Species Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville, 1846
Species Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Species Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804
Species Diodon nicthemerus Cuvier, 1818

Species Diodon antennatus Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Chilomycterus antennatus (Cuvier, 1816)
Species Diodon armillatus Whitley, 1933 accepted as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Species Diodon asper Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)
Species Diodon atringa Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Diodon bertolettii de Lema, de Lucena, Saenger & De Oliveira, 1979 accepted as Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville, 1846
Species Diodon bleekeri Günther, 1910 accepted as Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804
Species Diodon brachiatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Species Diodon caeruleus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Cyclichthys orbicularis (Bloch, 1785)
Species Diodon calori Bianconi, 1854 accepted as Lophodiodon calori (Bianconi, 1854)
Species Diodon carinatus Mitchill, 1828 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Diodon dimidiatus Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776)
Species Diodon geometricus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Chilomycterus geometricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Diodon histrix Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Species Diodon holacanthus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Diodon hystrax Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Species Diodon hystris Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Species Diodon jaculiferus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Tragulichthys jaculiferus (Cuvier, 1818)
Species Diodon literosus Shaw, 1804 accepted as Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804
Species Diodon lituratus Shaw, 1804 accepted as Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804
Species Diodon maculatus Duméril, 1855 accepted as Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804
Species Diodon maculifer Kaup, 1855 accepted as Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Diodon melanopsis Kaup, 1855 accepted as Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville, 1846
Species Diodon mola Pallas, 1770 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Diodon multimaculatus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Diodon novemaculatus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Diodon novemmaculatus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Diodon nudifrons Jenkins, 1903 accepted as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Species Diodon nummularis Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Diodon nycthemerus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Diodon nicthemerus Cuvier, 1818
Species Diodon orbicularis Bloch, 1785 accepted as Cyclichthys orbicularis (Bloch, 1785)
Species Diodon paraholocanthus Kotthaus, 1979 accepted as Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Diodon pilosus Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Diodon punctatus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Species Diodon quadrimaculatus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Diodon reticulatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Diodon rivulatus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Chilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Diodon schoepfii Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Chilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Diodon sexmaculatus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Diodon spinosissimus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Species Diodon spinosus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Chilomycterus spinosus spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Diodon tigrinus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Diodon totara Curtiss, 1938 accepted as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Environment marine
Host of  Lepeophtheirus renalis (Heegaard, 1945) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Acanthocanthopsis quadrata Heegard, 1945 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
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Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
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Diodon hystrix
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Diodon hystrix
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126231
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-07-31 06:57:06Z  changed  Camba Reu, Cibran
2013-03-11 11:05:30Z  checked  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Diodon Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126231 on 2013-05-19
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