WoRMS taxon details
Diodontidae Bonaparte, 1835
- Genus Allomycterus McCulloch, 1921
- Genus Atinga Le Danois, 1954
- Genus Chilomycterus Brisout de Barneville, 1846
- Genus Cyclichthys Kaup, 1855
- Genus Dicotylichthys Kaup, 1855
- Genus Diodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Lophodiodon Fraser-Brunner, 1943
- Genus Tragulichthys Whitley, 1931
- Genus Atopomycterus Bleeker, 1865 accepted as Dicotylichthys Kaup, 1855 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Chilomycteris Brisout de Barneville, 1846 accepted as Chilomycterus Brisout de Barneville, 1846 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Cyclicthys Kaup, 1855 accepted as Cyclichthys Kaup, 1855 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Euchilomycterus Waite, 1900 accepted as Diodon Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Paradiodon Bleeker, 1865 accepted as Diodon Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Trichodiodon Bleeker, 1865 accepted as Diodon Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Well-developed sharp spines covering body. Jaws with 2 fused teeth....
Description Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Well-developed sharp spines covering body. Jaws with 2 fused teeth. Opposite premaxillaries and dentaries entirely united at midline. Adults found inshore; the young pelagic. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Diodontidae Bonaparte, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125608 on 2025-12-10
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Nomenclature
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Well-developed sharp spines covering body. Jaws with 2 fused teeth. Opposite premaxillaries and dentaries entirely united at midline. Adults found inshore; the young pelagic. [details]
