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WoRMS taxon detailsDiodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
127403 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127403)
accepted
Species
Diodon armillatus Whitley, 1933 · unaccepted
Diodon brachiatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Diodon histrix Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Diodon hystrax Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Diodon hystris Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Diodon hystrix hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Diodon maculostriatus Tuomey, 1848 · unaccepted
Diodon nudifrons Jenkins, 1903 · unaccepted
Diodon punctatus Cuvier, 1818 · unaccepted
Diodon spinosissimus Cuvier, 1818 · unaccepted
Diodon totara Curtiss, 1938 · unaccepted
Paradiodon hystrix (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
marine,
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
 [request](of Diodon hystrix hystrix Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
Description Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs to at least 50 m. Juveniles pelagic to about 20 cm . A solitary and nocturnal fish that...
Description Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs to at least 50 m. Juveniles pelagic to about 20 cm . A solitary and nocturnal fish that feeds on hard shelled invertebrates like sea urchin, gastropods, and hermit crabs (Ref. 9680). Generally common (Ref. 9710). [details] Distribution Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Massachusetts (USA), and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil
Distribution Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Massachusetts (USA), and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127403 on 2025-05-09
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]original description (of Diodon nudifrons Jenkins, 1903) Jenkins, O. P. (1903). Report on collections of fishes made in the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of new species. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 22 (1902): 417-511, Pls. 1-4. [details] original description (of Diodon armillatus Whitley, 1933) Whitley, G. P. (1933). Studies in ichthyology. No. 7. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 19 (1): 60-112, Pls. 11-15. [details] original description (of Diodon brachiatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary page(s): 513 [details] original description (of Diodon punctatus 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): 132 [details] original description (of Diodon spinosissimus 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): 134 [details] original description (of Diodon histrix Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]original description (of Diodon hystrix hystrix Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]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] Ecologyecology 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]  Othercontext source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Cornish, A. S. (2000). Fish assemblages associated with shallow, fringing coral communities in sub-tropical Hong Kong: species composition, spatial and temporal patterns. <em>PhD thesis, The Univeristy Of Hong Kong.</em> [details] 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] 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 Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details] additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors [request]additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details] additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors [request]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
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Description Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs to at least 50 m. Juveniles pelagic to about 20 cm . A solitary and nocturnal fish that feeds on hard shelled invertebrates like sea urchin, gastropods, and hermit crabs (Ref. 9680). Generally common (Ref. 9710). [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Massachusetts (USA), and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil [details] Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (49 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Diodon armillatus Whitley, 1933) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Diodon totara Curtiss, 1938) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Diodon hystris Linnaeus, 1758) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Diodon brachiatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Diodon nudifrons Jenkins, 1903) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Diodon spinosissimus Cuvier, 1818) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Paradiodon hystrix (Linnaeus, 1758)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Diodon histrix Linnaeus, 1758) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (320 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Diodon punctatus Cuvier, 1818) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Porcupinefish) To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Porcupinefish) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diodon hystrix) To FishBase (from synonym Diodon armillatus Whitley, 1933) To FishBase To FishBase (from synonym Diodon spinosissimus Cuvier, 1818) To FishBase (from synonym Diodon nudifrons Jenkins, 1903) To FishBase (from synonym Diodon brachiatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) To FishBase (from synonym Diodon hystrax Linnaeus, 1758) To FishBase (from synonym Diodon hystris Linnaeus, 1758) To FishBase (from synonym Diodon hystrix hystrix Linnaeus, 1758) To FishBase (from synonym Diodon histrix Linnaeus, 1758) To FishBase (from synonym Diodon totara Curtiss, 1938) To FishBase (from synonym Paradiodon hystrix (Linnaeus, 1758)) To FishBase (from synonym Diodon punctatus Cuvier, 1818) To FishBase images (Diodon hystrix, Fiji, by Winterbottom, R.) To Fishipedia To FishSounds To GenBank (22762 nucleotides; 110 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) To NMNH Extant Collection (Diodon hystrix FIN028071 Slide 120 mm) To NMNH Extant Collection (Diodon hystrix USNM 442206 photograph vental view) To NMNH Extant Collection (Diodon nudifrons P10155 illustration) (from synonym Diodon nudifrons Jenkins, 1903) To PESI To ITIS |
