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Diodon Linnaeus, 1758

1315145  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1315145)

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  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Tetraodontiformes (Order)
  7. Diodontidae (Family)
  8. Diodon (Genus)
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  1. Species Diodon balates
  2. Species Diodon blochii Castelnau, 1872
  3. Species Diodon connewarrensis Chapman & Pritchard, 1907
  4. Species Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville, 1846
  5. Species Diodon formosa
  6. Species Diodon formosus
  7. Species Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
  8. Species Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
  9. Species Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804
  10. Species Diodon nicthemerus Cuvier, 1818
  11. Species Diodon antennatus Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Chilomycterus antennatus (Cuvier, 1816)
  12. Species Diodon armillatus Whitley, 1933 accepted as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
  13. Species Diodon asper Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  14. Species Diodon atringa Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Chilomycterus atringa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  15. Species Diodon bertolettii de Lema, de Lucena, Saenger & De Oliveira, 1979 accepted as Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville, 1846
  16. Species Diodon bleekeri Günther, 1910 accepted as Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804
  17. Species Diodon brachiatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
  18. Species Diodon caeruleus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Cyclichthys orbicularis (Bloch, 1785)
  19. Species Diodon calori Bianconi, 1854 accepted as Lophodiodon calori (Bianconi, 1854)
  20. Species Diodon carinatus Mitchill, 1828 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
  21. Species Diodon dimidiatus Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776)
  22. Species Diodon geometricus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Chilomycterus geometricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  23. Species Diodon histrix Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
  24. Species Diodon holacanthus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
  25. Species Diodon hystrax Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
  26. Species Diodon hystris Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
  27. Species Diodon jaculiferus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Tragulichthys jaculiferus (Cuvier, 1818)
  28. Species Diodon literosus Shaw, 1804 accepted as Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804
  29. Species Diodon lituratus Shaw, 1804 accepted as Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804
  30. Species Diodon maculatus Duméril, 1855 accepted as Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804
  31. Species Diodon maculifer Kaup, 1855 accepted as Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
  32. Species Diodon melanopsis Kaup, 1855 accepted as Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville, 1846
  33. Species Diodon mola Pallas, 1770 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
  34. Species Diodon multimaculatus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
  35. Species Diodon novemaculatus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
  36. Species Diodon novemmaculatus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
  37. Species Diodon nudifrons Jenkins, 1903 accepted as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
  38. Species Diodon nummularis Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
  39. Species Diodon nycthemerus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Diodon nicthemerus Cuvier, 1818
  40. Species Diodon orbicularis Bloch, 1785 accepted as Cyclichthys orbicularis (Bloch, 1785)
  41. Species Diodon paraholocanthus Kotthaus, 1979 accepted as Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
  42. Species Diodon pilosus Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
  43. Species Diodon punctatus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
  44. Species Diodon quadrimaculatus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
  45. Species Diodon reticulatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  46. Species Diodon rivulatus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Chilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792)
  47. Species Diodon schoepfii Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Chilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792)
  48. Species Diodon sexmaculatus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
  49. Species Diodon spinosissimus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
  50. Species Diodon spinosus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Chilomycterus spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  51. Species Diodon tigrinus Cuvier, 1818 accepted as Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  52. Species Diodon totara Curtiss, 1938 accepted as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 334 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Name put on Official List (Opinion 77) but later withdrawn. Diodon Lesson 1828 and 1830, and Storr 1780 of other animal...  
Taxonomic remark Name put on Official List (Opinion 77) but later withdrawn. Diodon Lesson 1828 and 1830, and Storr 1780 of other animal groups placed on Official Index as junior homonyms of Diodon Linnaeus. (Eschmeyer). [details]
IRMNG (2024). Diodon Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1315145 on 2024-12-25
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2016-11-22 11:10:04Z
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2017-11-22 13:18:58Z
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Decock, Wim

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 334 [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560. [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 

original description (of Trichocyclus Günther, 1870) Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., 8, 269
page(s): 316 [details] 

original description (of Euchilomycterus Waite, 1900) Rec. Australian Mus., 3
page(s): 208 [details] 

original description (of Trichodiodon Bleeker, 1865) Atlas Ichthyol., 5
page(s): 49 [details] 

original description (of Paradiodon Bleeker, 1865) Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk., 3
page(s): 17 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info From FishBase: Marine. FishBase flag: All Marine. [details]

Taxonomic remark Name put on Official List (Opinion 77) but later withdrawn. Diodon Lesson 1828 and 1830, and Storr 1780 of other animal groups placed on Official Index as junior homonyms of Diodon Linnaeus. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758 [details]
To BioNames database (from synonym Euchilomycterus Waite, 1900)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Euchilomycterus Waite, 1900)
To WoRMS (from synonym Euchilomycterus Waite, 1900)
To WoRMS (from synonym Trichodiodon Bleeker, 1865)
To WoRMS 
To WoRMS (from synonym Paradiodon Bleeker, 1865)
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