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
Genus Chilomycteris accepted as Chilomycterus Brisout de Barneville, 1846 (misspelling)
Genus Cyclicthys accepted as Cyclichthys Kaup, 1855 (misspelling)
Genus Euchilomycterus Waite, 1900 accepted as Diodon Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Paradiodon Bleeker, 1865 accepted as Diodon Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Trichodiodon Bleeker, 1865 accepted as Diodon Linnaeus, 1758
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
Genus Chilomycteris accepted as Chilomycterus Brisout de Barneville, 1846 (misspelling)
Genus Cyclicthys accepted as Cyclichthys Kaup, 1855 (misspelling)
Genus Euchilomycterus Waite, 1900 accepted as Diodon Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Paradiodon Bleeker, 1865 accepted as Diodon Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Trichodiodon Bleeker, 1865 accepted as Diodon Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, 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. (2023). FishBase. Diodontidae Bonaparte, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125608 on 2023-06-05
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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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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]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[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]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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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]
