Chilomycterus Explained

Chilomycterus is a genus of diodontid tetraodontiform fishes commonly called "burrfish."

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Chilomycterus antennatus (G. Cuvier, 1816) (bridled burrfish)
• Chilomycterus antillarum D. S. Jordan & Rutter, 1897 (web burrfish)
• Chilomycterus mauretanicus (Y. Le Danois, 1954) (Guinean burrfish)^[2]
• Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (spotfin burrfish)
• Chilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792) (striped burrfish)
• Chilomycterus spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Web site: 2023 . Froese . Rainer . Pauly . Daniel . Chilomycterus mauretanicus . FishBase.