''Chilomycterus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

diodontid Porcupinefish are fish belonging to the family Diodontidae (order Tetraodontiformes), also commonly called blowfish and, sometimes, balloonfish and globefish. They are sometimes collectively called pufferfish, not to be confused with the morpholo ...

tetraodontiform fishes commonly called "burrfish."

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus: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.'' * '' Chilomycterus antennatus'' ( G. Cuvier, 1816) (Bridled burrfish) * '' Chilomycterus antillarum'' D. S. Jordan & Rutter, 1897 (Web burrfish) * '' Chilomycterus mauretanicus'' ( Y. Le Danois, 1954) (Guinean burrfish) * '' Chilomycterus reticulatus'' (

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

, 1758) (Spotfin burrfish) * '' Chilomycterus schoepfii'' (

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, 1792) (Striped burrfish) * '' Chilomycterus spinosus'' (

, 1758)

References

Marine fish genera Taxa named by Charles N. F. Brisout {{Tetraodontiformes-stub