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genus

Diodon Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes »  order Tetraodontiformes »  family Diodontidae - porcupinefishes and burrfishes

Included taxa

Number of records: 5

species Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville, 1846 - Pelagic Porcupinefish
species Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758 - Long-spine Porcupinefish

Diodon holocanthus

species Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 - Ajargo

Diodon hystrix

species Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804 - Black Blotched Porcupinefish

Diodon liturosus

species Diodon nicthemerus Cuvier, 1818 - Slender-spined Porcupine Fish

Links and literature

CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [genus/1199]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Diodon Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010
EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1315145]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [http://www.irmng.org] [as Diodon Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019
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