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Chilomycterus

Chilomycterus

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Chilomycterus is a genus of diodontid tetraodontiform fishes commonly called "burrfish."

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

Chilomycterus antennatus (G. Cuvier, 1816) (Bridled burrfish)
Chilomycterus antillarum D. S. Jordan & Rutter, 1897 (Web burrfish)
Chilomycterus mauretanicus (Y. Le Danois, 1954) (Guinean burrfish)^[2]
Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Spotfin burrfish)
Chilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792) (Striped burrfish)
Chilomycterus spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

^ Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). "Chilomycterus mauretanicus". FishBase.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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Chilomycterus: Brief Summary

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Chilomycterus is a genus of diodontid tetraodontiform fishes commonly called "burrfish."

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