WoRMS taxon details
Chilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792)
159488 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159488)
accepted
Species
Chilomycterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792) · unaccepted
Chilomycterus schoepgi (Walbaum, 1792) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cyclichthys schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792) · unaccepted
Diodon rivulatus Cuvier, 1818 · unaccepted
Diodon schoepfii Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Diodon schoepfii Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 601 [details]
page(s): 601 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Florida
Distribution Western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Florida [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159488 on 2025-06-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Diodon rivulatus Cuvier, 1818) Cuvier, G. (1818). Sur les Diodons, vulgairement orbes-épineux. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> v. 4: 121-138, Pls. 6-7.
page(s): 129, Pl. 6 [details]
original description (of Diodon schoepfii Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 601 [details]
basis of record Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
page(s): 129, Pl. 6 [details]
original description (of Diodon schoepfii Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 601 [details]
basis of record Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (44 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyclichthys schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Diodon rivulatus Cuvier, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Chilomycterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chilomycterus schoepfii)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chilomycterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Diodon schoepfii Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Chilomycterus schoepgi (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Diodon rivulatus Cuvier, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyclichthys schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase images (Chilomycterus schoepfii, USA, by Johnson, L.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 69 proteins)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 69 proteins) (from synonym Diodon schoepfii Walbaum, 1792)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 69 proteins) (from synonym Chilomycterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyclichthys schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Diodon rivulatus Cuvier, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Chilomycterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chilomycterus schoepfii)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chilomycterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Diodon schoepfii Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Chilomycterus schoepgi (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Diodon rivulatus Cuvier, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyclichthys schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase images (Chilomycterus schoepfii, USA, by Johnson, L.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 69 proteins)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 69 proteins) (from synonym Diodon schoepfii Walbaum, 1792)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 69 proteins) (from synonym Chilomycterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
