Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Diodontidae Porcupinefishes (burrfishes)

(See list of species below)

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18 species (see list below)
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Photo by Photo by Good, P.

Allomycterus pilatus
[Deep-water burrfish]

Photo by Photo by Pialek, L.

Chilomycterus antennatus
[Bridled burrfish]

Photo by Photo by Randall, J.E.

Chilomycterus antillarum
[Web burrfish]

Photo by Photo by Wirtz, P.

Chilomycterus mauretanicus
[Guinean burrfish]

Photo by Photo by Hernández-González, C.L.

Chilomycterus reticulatus
[Spotfin burrfish]

Photo by Photo by Johnson, L.

Chilomycterus schoepfii
[Striped burrfish]

Photo by Photo by Wirtz, P.

Chilomycterus spinosus
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Photo by Photo by CSIRO

Cyclichthys hardenbergi
[Hardenburg's burrfish]

Photo by Photo by Randall, J.E.

Cyclichthys orbicularis
[Birdbeak burrfish]

Photo by Photo by Henlé, C.

Cyclichthys spilostylus
[Spotbase burrfish]

Photo by Photo by Yau, B.

Dicotylichthys punctulatus
[Three-barred porcupinefish]

Photo by Photo by Tanaka, H.

Diodon eydouxii
[Pelagic porcupinefish]

Photo by Photo by Patzner, R.

Diodon holocanthus
[Longspined porcupinefish]

Photo by Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Diodon hystrix
[Spot-fin porcupinefish]

Photo by Photo by Field, R.

Diodon liturosus
[Black-blotched porcupinefish]

Photo by Photo by Good, P.

Diodon nicthemerus
[Slender-spined porcupine fish]

Photo by Photo by Field, R.

Lophodiodon calori
[Four-bar porcupinefish]

Photo by Photo by Randall, J.E.

Tragulichthys jaculiferus
[Longspine burrfish]

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Allomycterus pilatus	Deep-water burrfish	Indo-West Pacific	50 TL	1931
Chilomycterus antennatus	Bridled burrfish	Western Atlantic	38 TL	1816
Chilomycterus antillarum	Web burrfish	Western Atlantic	30 TL	1897
Chilomycterus mauretanicus	Guinean burrfish	Eastern central Atlantic	25 TL	1954
Chilomycterus reticulatus	Spotfin burrfish	Circumglobal	69.7 NG	1758
Chilomycterus schoepfii	Striped burrfish	Western Atlantic	27.9 TL	1792
Chilomycterus spinosus		Southwest Atlantic	28 TL	1758
Cyclichthys hardenbergi	Hardenburg's burrfish	Western Pacific	25 SL	1939
Cyclichthys orbicularis	Birdbeak burrfish	Indo-West Pacific	30 TL	1785
Cyclichthys spilostylus	Spotbase burrfish	Indo-West Pacific	34 TL	1982
Dicotylichthys punctulatus	Three-barred porcupinefish	Western Pacific	40 SL	1855
Diodon eydouxii	Pelagic porcupinefish	Circumtropical.	27 TL	1846
Diodon holocanthus	Longspined porcupinefish	Circumtropical in distrib	50 TL	1758
Diodon hystrix	Spot-fin porcupinefish	Circumtropical. Eastern	91 TL	1758
Diodon liturosus	Black-blotched porcupinefish	Indo-Pacific	65 TL	1804
Diodon nicthemerus	Slender-spined porcupine fish	Indo-Pacific	40 TL	1818
Lophodiodon calori	Four-bar porcupinefish	Indo-Pacific.	30 SL	1854
Tragulichthys jaculiferus	Longspine burrfish	Indo-West Pacific	30 TL	1818

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Diodontidae Porcupinefishes (burrfishes)(See list of species below)

Family: Diodontidae Porcupinefishes (burrfishes)

(See list of species below)