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 Good, P.

Allomycterus pilatus
[Deep-water burrfish]

Photo by Pialek, L.

Chilomycterus antennatus
[Bridled burrfish]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Chilomycterus antillarum
[Web burrfish]

Photo by Hernández-González, C.L.

Chilomycterus reticulatus
[Spotfin burrfish]

Photo by Johnson, L.

Chilomycterus schoepfii
[Striped burrfish]

Photo by Wirtz, P.

Chilomycterus spinosus mauretanicus
[Guinean burrfish]

Photo by Wirtz, P.

Chilomycterus spinosus spinosus
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Photo by CSIRO

Cyclichthys hardenbergi
[Hardenburg's burrfish]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Cyclichthys orbicularis
[Birdbeak burrfish]

Photo by Henlé, C.

Cyclichthys spilostylus
[Spotbase burrfish]

Photo by Yau, B.

Dicotylichthys punctulatus
[Three-barred porcupinefish]

Photo by Vaske Jr., T.

Diodon eydouxii
[Pelagic porcupinefish]

Photo by Patzner, R.

Diodon holocanthus
[Longspined porcupinefish]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Diodon hystrix
[Spot-fin porcupinefish]

Photo by Field, R.

Diodon liturosus
[Black-blotched porcupinefish]

Photo by Good, P.

Diodon nicthemerus
[Slender-spined porcupine fish]

Photo by Field, R.

Lophodiodon calori
[Four-bar porcupinefish]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Tragulichthys jaculiferus
[Longspine burrfish]

18 Species of Family Diodontidae
(Porcupinefishes (burrfishes))

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

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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)