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Species in the genus Diodon: [ 29 ] records

armillatus, Diodon Whitley [G. P.] 1933:107, Pls. 12 (fig. 1), 15 (figs. 2-3) [Records of the Australian Museum v. 19 (no. 1); ref. 4677] Northwest Islet, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: AMS IA.2585 [? = I.34179-001]. Paratypes: AMS IA.4776 (1) [or I.4776]. •Synonym of Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758 -- (Duron & Quéro 1990:1074 [ref. 19530], Bray et al. 2006:1933 [ref. 29091]). Current status: Synonym of Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758. Diodontidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

atinga, Diodon Bloch [M. E.] 1785:67, Pl. 125 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 1; ref. 4866] Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India. Lectotype: ZMB 6812. Paralectotypes: lost. Type catalog: Paepke 1999:76 [ref. 24282]. Based in part on Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758, but not D. atringa Linnaeus 1758:334 [ref. 2787]. On p. 75 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 4 [ref. 21381]. •Synonym of Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758 -- (Paepke 1999:76 [ref. 24282], Leis 2022:478 [ref. 40307]). Current status: Synonym of Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758. Diodontidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bertolettii, Diodon de Lema [T.], Lucena [C. A. S. de], Saenger [S.] & de Oliveira [M. F. T.] 1979:35, Figs. 18-19 [Comunicações do Museu de Ciências da PUCRGS (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul) No. 20; ref. 8836] Barra da lagoa da Conceiçao, Florianópolis, Ilha de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Holotype: MCP 5061. Paratypes: MCP 5300 (1). •Synonym of Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville 1846 -- (Leis 1986:905 [ref. 5686], Leis 2006:87 [ref. 28932]). Current status: Synonym of Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville 1846. Diodontidae. Habitat: marine.

bleekeri, Diodon Günther [A.] 1910:475, Pl. 178 [Journal des Museum Godeffroy v. 6 (no. 17); ref. 14460] East Indies; Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia; Society Islands. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. Based on literature sources and specimens. •Synonym of Diodon liturosus Shaw 1804 -- (Randall 1995:408 [ref. 22896], Randall 2005:654 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Diodon liturosus Shaw 1804. Diodontidae. Habitat: marine.

blochii, Diodon Castelnau [F. L.] 1872:210 [Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne v. 1; ref. 757] Melbourne fish market, Victoria, Australia. Holotype (unique): not found at MNHN, AMS or NMV. Type catalog: Leis & Bauchot 1984:93 [ref. 12539]. •Synonym of Diodon nicthemerus Cuvier 1818 -- (Bray et al. 2006:1934 [ref. 29091]). Current status: Synonym of Diodon nicthemerus Cuvier 1818. Diodontidae. Habitat: marine.

bocagei, Atopomycterus Steindachner [F.] 1866:53 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe v. 3 (no. 7); ref. 20460] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): NMW 63848. Appeared first in the abstract as above, then in Steindachner 1866:477, Pl. 6 (fig. 3) [ref. 4210]; also on p. 54 of separate. •Synonym of Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Duron & Quéro 1990:1073 [ref. 19530], Bray et al. 2006:1933 [ref. 29091]). •Valid as Diodon bocagei (Steindachner 1866) -- (Randall & Johnson 2019:47 [ref. 36831]). Current status: Valid as Diodon bocagei (Steindachner 1866). Diodontidae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific Ocean: New South Wales (Australia). Habitat: marine.

brachiatus, Diodon Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] (ex Parra) 1801:513 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Locality not stated [Havana, Cuba]. No types known. Based on the 'Erizo' of Parra 1787:60, Pl. 29 (fig. 1) [ref. 6840]. •Synonym of Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758 -- (Duron & Quéro 1990:1074 [ref. 19530]). Current status: Synonym of Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758. Diodontidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

echinus, Diodon Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:40, 58 [Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ref. 3595] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Status uncertain -- (Tortonese 1973:648 [ref. 7192]). •Questionable synonym of Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parenti 2019:109 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Uncertain as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758. Diodontidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

eydouxii, Diodon Brisout de Barneville [C. N. F.] 1846:142 [Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne (Paris) 1846; ref. 296] Eastern Pacific. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-2153 (2). Type catalog: Le Danois 1962:475 [ref. 21440] with authors as Eydoux & Souleyet, Leis & Bauchot 1984:88 [ref. 12539]. •Valid as Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville 1846 -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:366 [ref. 6441], Leis 1986:905 [ref. 5686], Duron & Quéro 1990:1073 [ref. 19530], Randall 1995:406 [ref. 22896], Lindberg et al. 1997:175 [ref. 23547], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:657 [ref. 24023], Leis in Randall & Lim 2000:649 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1433 [ref. 25182] with author as Brissout & Barneville, Leis 2001:3963 [ref. 26318], Nakabo 2002:1433 [ref. 26193] with author as Brissout & Barneville, Leis 2003:2013 [ref. 27121], Myers & Donaldson 2003:651 [ref. 27495], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:111 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:185 [ref. 27807], Mundy 2005:538 [ref. 28379], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:936 [ref. 28815], Leis 2006:87 [ref. 28932], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:195 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:239 [ref. 31256], Page et al. 2013:191 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2014:12 [ref. 33516], Matsuura 2014:24 [ref. 33576], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:193 [ref. 37485], Leis in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:3078 [ref. 34618], Fourriére et al. 2016:451 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:612 [ref. 34923], Fricke et al. 2018:390 [ref. 35805], Carneiro et al. 2019:223 [ref. 37250], Psomadakis et al. 2020:626 [ref. 37272], Kim et al. 2021:232 [ref. 39117], Love et al. 2021:226 [ref. 39279], Rotundo et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:723 [ref. 38945], Leis 2022:478 [ref. 40307], Carvalho-Filho 2023:287 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville 1846. Diodontidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea). Habitat: marine.

holocanthus, Diodon Linnaeus [C.] 1758:335 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] India. Holotype: ?BMNH 1962.12.17.12. Based on the 'Ostracion oblongus holocanthus' of Artedi 1738:60 [ref. 30578]; 1738:86 [ref. 30349], which was based on the 'Orbes, quibus quaterni dentes' of Willughby 1686:155 [ref. 30164] and the 'Histrix alter capite angusto' of Ray 1713:42 [ref. 30231]; the latter were based on the 'Orbes primus', 'Orbes scutatus' and 'Orbis echinatus seu muricatus' of Rondelet 1554:419, 420, 421 [ref. 30354]. •Valid as Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:55 [ref. 39147] as holacanthus, Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:300 [ref. 9277], Dor 1984:287 [ref. 29757] as holacanthus, Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:365 [ref. 6441], Leis 1986:905 [ref. 5686], Robins & Ray 1986:308 [ref. 23100], Edwards & Glass 1987:671 [ref. 9166], Allen & Swainston 1988:156 [ref. 25477], Scott & Scott 1988:570 [ref. 25518], Pequeño 1989:78 [ref. 14125], McAllister 1990:227 [ref. 14674], Duron & Quéro 1990:1073 [ref. 19530], Randall et al. 1990:479 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:425 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:168 [ref. 25479], Allen & Robertson 1994:302 [ref. 22193], Goren & Dor 1994:75 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:407 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:628 [ref. 27969], Andreata & Séret 1996:590 [ref. 16204] dated 1757, Cervigón 1996:84 [ref. 24489], Lindberg et al. 1997:175 [ref. 23547], Allen 1997:248 [ref. 23977] as holacanthus, Chen et al. 1997:187 [ref. 26476], Cheng & Zhou 1997:494 [ref. 26385] as holacanthus, De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:124 [ref. 24545] as holacanthus, Grove & Lavenberg 1997:658 [ref. 24023], Kuiter 1997:422 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:479 [ref. 25919], Aguilera 1998:54 [ref. 24221], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:145 [ref. 24555] as holacanthus, Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:14 [ref. 24670], Myers 1999:291 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:613 [ref. 24106], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:357 [ref. 25013], Afonso et al. 1999:81 [ref. 25466], Johnson 1999:755 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:30 [ref. 25829], Leis in Randall & Lim 2000:649 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1432 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:471 [ref. 25191], Lea & Rosenblatt 2000:127 [ref. 25206], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:290 [ref. 25480], Thomson et al. 2000:280 [ref. 25640], Matsuura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:333 [ref. 27511], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:171 [ref. 27754], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1647 [ref. 25634], Sakai et al. 2001:124 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Leis 2001:3964 [ref. 26318], Nakabo 2002:1432 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:461, 702 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830], Collette et al. 2003:127 [ref. 26784], Leis 2003:2013 [ref. 27121], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:651 [ref. 27495], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:111 [ref. 27192], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:230 [ref. 27510], Smith et al. 2003:72 [ref. 27621], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:51 [ref. 27712], Parin 2003:S35 [ref. 28536], Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27715], Nelson et al. 2004:185 [ref. 27807], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:456 [ref. 28072], Love et al. 2005:181 [ref. 37547] as holacanthus, Randall 2005:653 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:538 [ref. 28379], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:937 [ref. 28815], Leis 2006:87 [ref. 28932], Bray et al. 2006:1933 [ref. 29091], Wirtz et al. 2007:43 [ref. 30263], Randall 2007:498 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:123 [ref. 30213], García-Hernández et al. 2009:94 [ref. 37265], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:195 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:239 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1098 [ref. 31980] as holacanthus, Page et al. 2013:191 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:137 [ref. 32972], Larson et al. 2013:240 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:234 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:200 [ref. 33932], Matsuura 2014:25 [ref. 33576], Parin et al. 2014:555 [ref. 33547], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:89 [ref. 33341], Wirtz et al. 2014:12 [ref. 33516], Francis & Duffy 2015:483 [ref. 36161], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:194 [ref. 37485], Psomadakis et al. 2015:339 [ref. 34104], Pinheiro et al. 2015:36 [ref. 34324], Motomura et al. 2015:31 [ref. 34709], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:151 [ref. 34871], Leis in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:3079 [ref. 34618], Fourriére et al. 2016:451 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:612 [ref. 34923], Koeda et al. 2016:19 [ref. 35354], Kells et al. 2016:342 [ref. 35888], Motomura et al. 2017:239 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:390 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:183 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:184 [ref. 36444], Burton & Lea 2019:98 [ref. 37205], Carneiro et al. 2019:223 [ref. 37250], González-Murcia et al. 2019:309 [ref. 36544], Randall et al. 2019:56 [ref. 36853], Zajonz et al. 2019:103 [ref. 36871], Reiner 2019:311 [ref. 38139], Kim et al. 2020:207 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:627 [ref. 37272], Robertson et al. 2020:154 [ref. 38098], Sonoyama et al. 2020:135 [ref. 37637], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:78 [ref. 38844], Kaleshkumar et al. 2021:[4] [ref. 38263], Love et al. 2021:226 [ref. 39279], Mary et al. 2021:401 [ref. 38693], Matsuura in Motomura et al. 2021:78 [ref. 38121], Rotundo et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:724 [ref. 38945] as holacanthus, Fermon et al. 2022:306 [ref. 39448], Leis 2022:478 [ref. 40307], Carvalho-Filho 2023:287 [ref. 40480], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:437 [ref. 40816], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:12 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus 1758. Diodontidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Red Sea, Sea of Japan, Gulf of California/Mexico). IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

hystrix, Diodon Linnaeus [C.] 1758:335 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] India. Syntypes: ?ZMUU Linn. Coll. 57 (1, dry). Type catalog: Wheeler 1991:192-193 [ref. 20102]. Misspelled hixtris by Cabrera y Corro, Pérez & Hänseler 1817:10 [ref. 17319], see Graells 1887:184 [ref. 30438]. •Valid as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758 -- (Herrera 1896:75 [ref. 39336], Tortonese 1973:648 [ref. 7192], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:300 [ref. 9277], Dor 1984:287 [ref. 29757], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:366 [ref. 6441], Tortonese in Whitehead et al. 1986:1347 [ref. 13677], Leis 1986:906 [ref. 5686], Robins & Ray 1986:309 [ref. 23100], Pequeño 1989:78 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:246 [ref. 24556], Winterbottom et al. 1989:70 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:479 [ref. 15987], Duron & Quéro 1990:1074 [ref. 19530], Boschung 1992:184 [ref. 23239], Francis 1993:168 [ref. 25479], Allen & Robertson 1994:302 [ref. 22193], Goren & Dor 1994:75 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:408 [ref. 22896], Cervigón 1996:85 [ref. 24489], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:629 [ref. 27969], Santos et al. 1997:116 [ref. 23531], Lindberg et al. 1997:175 [ref. 23547], Allen 1997:246 [ref. 23977], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:125 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:659 [ref. 24023], Arruda 1997:123 [ref. 24952], Randall et al. 1997:479 [ref. 25919], Aguilera 1998:54 [ref. 24221], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:145 [ref. 24555], Myers 1999:291 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:613 [ref. 24106], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:519 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:357 [ref. 25013], Afonso et al. 1999:81 [ref. 25466], Randall 1999:30 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:95 [ref. 37268], Leis in Randall & Lim 2000:649 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1433 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:471 [ref. 25191], Lea & Rosenblatt 2000:127 [ref. 25206], Thomson et al. 2000:280 [ref. 25640], Randall & Earle 2000:22 [ref. 25806], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:171 [ref. 27754], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1647 [ref. 25634], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Leis 2001:3964 [ref. 26318], Rocha & Rosa 2001:992 [ref. 25909], Camargo & Isaac 2001:146 [ref. 27639], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:179 [ref. 26753], Nakabo 2002:1433 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830], Collette et al. 2003:128 [ref. 26784], Feitoza et al. 2003:69 [ref. 26943], Leis 2003:2013 [ref. 27121], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:651 [ref. 27495], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:111 [ref. 27192], Parin 2003:S35 [ref. 28536], Lobel & Lobel 2004:78 [ref. 27576], Smith et al. 2003:72 [ref. 27621], Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27715], Nelson et al. 2004:185 [ref. 27807], Heemstra et al. 2004:3332 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:456 [ref. 28072], Love et al. 2005:181 [ref. 37547], Randall 2005:653 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:538 [ref. 28379], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:938 [ref. 28815], Vaske et al. 2005:77 [ref. 36155], Leis 2006:88 [ref. 28932], Bray et al. 2006:1933 [ref. 29091], Wirtz et al. 2007:43 [ref. 30263], Randall 2007:499 [ref. 30952], Fricke 2008:59 [ref. 30182], Fricke et al. 2009:123 [ref. 30213], Matsuura 2009:338 [ref. 31171], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:195 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:240 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:106 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1099 [ref. 31980], Page et al. 2013:191 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:137 [ref. 32972], Kang et al. 2014:382 [ref. 39479], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:89 [ref. 33341], Wirtz et al. 2014:12 [ref. 33516], Matsuura 2014:25 [ref. 33576], Parin et al. 2014:555 [ref. 33547], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:119 [ref. 36167], Leis 2015:1744 [ref. 34323], Pinheiro et al. 2015:36 [ref. 34324], Psomadakis et al. 2015:340 [ref. 34104], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:612 [ref. 34923], Fourriére et al. 2016:451 [ref. 34668], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:151 [ref. 34871], Kells et al. 2016:342 [ref. 35888], Koeda et al. 2016:115 [ref. 35333], Leis in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:3079 [ref. 34618], Robertson et al. 2016:148 [ref. 34961], Fricke et al. 2018:390 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:183 [ref. 36273], Ordines et al. 2018:404 [ref. 36402], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36407], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:93 [ref. 35859], Suresh et al. 2018:330 [ref. 36495], Arndt & Fricke 2019:15 [ref. 36883], Brown et al. 2019:184 [ref. 36444], Carneiro et al. 2019:224 [ref. 37250], Eagderi et al. 2019:135 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:335 [ref. 36673], González-Murcia et al. 2019:309 [ref. 36544], Reiner 2019:311 [ref. 38139], Zajonz et al. 2019:103 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 31 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:627 [ref. 37272], Robertson et al. 2020:154 [ref. 38098], Sonoyama et al. 2020:135 [ref. 37637], Bañón & Maño 2021:99 [ref. 38887], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:78 [ref. 38844], Kim et al. 2020:207 [ref. 39118], Kovačić et al. 2021:62 [ref. 39014], Love et al. 2021:226 [ref. 39279], Mary et al. 2021:401 [ref. 38693], Rotundo et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:725 [ref. 38945], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:73 [ref. 39585] in Tetraodontidae, Bhakta et al. 2022:[2] [ref. 39125], Fermon et al. 2022:306 [ref. 39448], Leis 2022:478 [ref. 40307], Carvalho-Filho 2023:287 [ref. 40480], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:12 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758. Diodontidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, western Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Sea of Japan, Gulf of California/Mexico). Habitat: brackish, marine.

liturosus, Diodon Shaw [G.] (ex Lacepède) 1804:436 [General zoology or systematic natural history; ref. 4015] Indian Seas. No types known. Based on the "Diodon tacheté" of Lacepède 1800. •Valid as Diodon liturosus Shaw 1804 -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:366 [ref. 6441], Leis 1986:906 [ref. 5686], Allen & Swainston 1988:156 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:480 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:425 [ref. 23929], Randall 1994:272 [ref. 21644], Randall 1995:408 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:629 [ref. 27969], Lindberg et al. 1997:175 [ref. 23547], Allen 1997:248 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:422 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:480 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:291 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:95 [ref. 37268], Leis in Randall & Lim 2000:649 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1432 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:471 [ref. 25191], Matsuura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:334 [ref. 27511], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Leis 2001:3964 [ref. 26318], Nakabo 2002:1432 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:651 [ref. 27495], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:230 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27715], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:457 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:654 [ref. 28239], Leis 2006:88 [ref. 28932], Bray et al. 2006:1934 [ref. 29091], Fricke et al. 2009:123 [ref. 30213], Matsuura 2009:338 [ref. 31171], Motomura et al. 2010:240 [ref. 31256], Bogorodsky et al. 2011:57 [ref. 31559], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1099 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:240 [ref. 32988], Matsuura 2014:25 [ref. 33576], Fricke et al. 2014:200 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:19 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:390 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:183 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:336 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:103 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:627 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:135 [ref. 37637], Fermon et al. 2022:306 [ref. 39448] with question, Leis 2022:479 [ref. 40307]). Current status: Valid as Diodon liturosus Shaw 1804. Diodontidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to central Japan, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

maculatus, Diodon Günther [A.] 1870:307 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 8; ref. 1995] Unexplained new name for Diodon novemmaculatus and other species in synonymy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Diodon maculatus Hermann 1804 and Diodon maculatus Duméril 1855. •Synonym of Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:357 [ref. 25013], Mundy 2005:538 [ref. 28379]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus 1758. Diodontidae. Habitat: marine.

maculatus, Diodon Duméril [A. H. A.] 1855:278 [Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Sér. 2) v. 7; ref. 297] No types known. Type catalog: Leis & Bauchot 1984:93 [ref. 12539]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Diodon maculatus Hermann 1804. •Synonym of Diodon liturosus Shaw 1804 -- (Leis & Bauchot 1984:93 [ref. 12539], Randall 1995:408 [ref. 22896], Randall 2005:654 [ref. 28239]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Diodon liturosus Shaw 1804. Diodontidae. Habitat: marine.

maculifer, Diodon Kaup [J. J.] 1855:229 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 21 (pt. 1); ref. 2571] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Holotype: lost. •Synonym of Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Leis 1986:905 [ref. 5686], Duron & Quéro 1990:1073 [ref. 19530] with question, Leis 2022:478 [ref. 40307] with question). Current status: Synonym of Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus 1758. Diodontidae. Habitat: marine.

melanopsis, Diodon Kaup [J. J.] 1855:228 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 21 (pt. 1); ref. 2571] No locality. Syntypes: BMNH 1852.3.2.7. •Synonym of Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville 1846 -- (Duron & Quéro 1990:1073 [ref. 19530]). Current status: Synonym of Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville 1846. Diodontidae. Habitat: marine.

multimaculatus, Diodon Cuvier [G.] 1818:137, Pl. 7 (Diodons Pl. 2) [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 4; ref. 18059] No locality. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-1308. Type catalog: Le Danois 1962:475 [ref. 21440], Leis & Bauchot 1984:88-89 [ref. 12539]. •Synonym of Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Duron & Quéro 1990:1073 [ref. 19530]). Current status: Synonym of Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus 1758. Diodontidae. Habitat: marine.

nicthemerus, Diodon Cuvier [G.] 1818:135, Pl. 7 (Diodons Pl. 2) [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 4; ref. 18059] Australian seas. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-0051. Non-types: MNHN B-1313 (1). Type catalog: Le Danois 1962:475 [ref. 21440], Leis & Bauchot 1984:89 [ref. 12539]. •Valid as Diodon nicthemerus Cuvier 1818 -- (Gomon et al. 1994:914 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1993:425 [ref. 23929] as nichthemerus, Lindberg et al. 1997:175 [ref. 23547], Kuiter 1997:420 [ref. 25488] as nichthemerus, Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Leis 2006:88 [ref. 28932], Bray et al. 2006:1934 [ref. 29091], Gomon 2008:858 [ref. 30616], Matsuura 2014:25 [ref. 33576], Hoschke et al. 2019:161 [ref. 36626]). Current status: Valid as Diodon nicthemerus Cuvier 1818. Diodontidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: Queensland to southern Australia and to Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

novemmaculatus, Diodon Cuvier [G.] 1818:136, Pl. 6 (Diodons Pl. 1) [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 4; ref. 18059] No locality. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9928. Type catalog: Le Danois 1962:475 [ref. 21440], Leis & Bauchot 1984:89 [ref. 12539]. Original as novem maculatus; as D. 9-maculatus on Pl. 6. •Valid as Diodon novemmaculatus Cuvier 1818 -- (Herrera 1896:75 [ref. 39336] as novenmaculatus). •Synonym of Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Duron & Quéro 1990:1073 [ref. 19530], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:357 [ref. 25013]). Current status: Synonym of Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus 1758. Diodontidae. Habitat: marine.

nudifrons, Diodon Jenkins [O. P.] 1903:488, Fig. 35 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2341] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): USNM 50854 (not found in 1975 or 1980). •Synonym of Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758 -- (Duron & Quéro 1990:1074 [ref. 19530], Mundy 2005:538 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758. Diodontidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

paraholocanthus, Diodon Kotthaus [A.] 1979:39, Fig. 492 [Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie No. 28; ref. 8818] Bab-el-Mandeb, Arabian Sea, 12°47.5'N, 43°17'E, Meteor station 63, depth 174 meters. Holotype: ZMH 5986. Paratypes: ZMH 5987-89 (8, 2, 6). Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:421 [ref. 21161]. •Synonym of Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Leis 1986:905 [ref. 5686], Leis 2006:87 [ref. 28932], Leis 2022:478 [ref. 40307]). Current status: Synonym of Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus 1758. Diodontidae. Habitat: marine.

pilosus, Diodon Mitchill [S. L.] 1815:471, Pl. 6 (fig. 4) [Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814); ref. 13292] New York, U.S.A. No types known. •Synonym of Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Duron & Quéro 1990:1073 [ref. 19530]). Current status: Synonym of Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus 1758. Diodontidae. Habitat: marine.

plumier, Diodon Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:1, 10, Pl. 30 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] Tropical eastern America. No types known. Type catalog: Leis & Bauchot 1984:93 [ref. 12539]. Not available; appeared as Le Diodon Plumier; made available as Diodon plumieri Shaw 1804:435 [ref. 4015]. •Possible in the synonymy of Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758 -- (Duron & Quéro 1990:1074 [ref. 19530]). Current status: Synonym of Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758. Diodontidae. Habitat: brackish.

punctatus, Diodon Cuvier [G.] 1818:132 [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 4; ref. 18059] No locality. Syntypes: MNHN A-8367 (1, dry), A-8369 (1, dry), A-8373 (1, dry). Type catalog: Le Danois 1962:474-475 [ref. 21440], Leis & Bauchot 1984:90 [ref. 12539]. •Synonym of Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758 -- (Duron & Quéro 1990:1074 [ref. 19530]). Current status: Synonym of Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758. Diodontidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

quadrimaculatus, Diodon Cuvier [G.] 1818:137, Pl. 6 (Diodons Pl. 1) [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 4; ref. 18059] No locality. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9929. Type catalog: Le Danois 1962:475-476 [ref. 21440], Leis & Bauchot 1984:90 [ref. 12539]. Original as Diodon 4-maculatus. •Synonym of Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Duron & Quéro 1990:1073 [ref. 19530]). Current status: Synonym of Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus 1758. Diodontidae. Habitat: marine.

sexmaculatus, Diodon Cuvier [G.] 1818:136, Pl. 7 (Diodons Pl. 2) [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 4; ref. 18059] No locality. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-1305. Type catalog: Le Danois 1962:475 [ref. 21440], Leis & Bauchot 1984:91 [ref. 12539]. Original as sex maculatus; as D. 6-maculatus on Pl. 7. •Synonym of Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Duron & Quéro 1990:1073 [ref. 19530]). Current status: Synonym of Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus 1758. Diodontidae. Habitat: marine.

spinosissimus, Diodon Cuvier [G.] 1818:134 [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 4; ref. 18059] Brazil. Lectotype: MNHN B-1294. Non-types: MNHN A-8403 (1). Type catalog: Le Danois 1962:475 [ref. 21440], Leis & Bauchot 1984:91 [ref. 12539]. Lectotype selected by Leis 1978:549 [ref. 5529]. •Synonym of Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758 -- (Duron & Quéro 1990:1074 [ref. 19530]). Current status: Synonym of Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758. Diodontidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

totara, Diodon Curtiss [A.] 1938:133 [A short zoology of Tahiti in the Society islands; ref. 18057] Lagoon near Tautira, Tahiti, Society Islands. No types known. •Synonym of Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758 -- (Duron & Quéro 1990:1074 [ref. 19530]). Current status: Synonym of Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758. Diodontidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

triedricum, Diodon Cuvier [G.] 1818:133 [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 4; ref. 18059] Syntypes: MNHN A-8375 (1, dry). Type catalog: Le Danois 1962:475 [ref. 21440] with A.8375 as holotype, Leis & Bauchot 1984:92 [ref. 12539]. Based on dried specimens and Seba v. 3, Pl. 23 (fig. 4). •Synonym of Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758 -- (Leis & Bauchot 1984:92 [ref. 12539]). Current status: Synonym of Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758. Diodontidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.