Species that contain: Chilomycterus and affinis [ 2 ] records

affinis, Chilomycterus Günther [A.] 1870:314 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 8; ref. 1995] Unknown locality. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1978.4.4.2 (stuffed). •Valid as Chilomycterus affinis Günther 1870 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:299 [ref. 9277], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:366 [ref. 6441], Lea & Vojkovich 1985:46 [ref. 23202], Pequeño 1989:78 [ref. 14125], Long 1994:386 [ref. 22827], Lindberg et al. 1997:175 [ref. 23547], Choi et al. 2003:461, 702 [ref. 26218]). •Synonym of Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Leis 1986:903 [ref. 5686] as genus monotypic, Randall et al. 1990:478 [ref. 15987], Allen & Robertson 1994:302 [ref. 22193], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:656 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:145 [ref. 24555], Randall 2005:652 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:537 [ref. 28379], Leis 2006:80-81 [ref. 28932], Randall 2007:498 [ref. 30952], Leis 2022:475 [ref. 40307]). Current status: Synonym of Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus 1758). Diodontidae. Habitat: marine.

californiensis, Chilomycterus Eigenmann [C. H.] 1891:1133 [American Naturalist v. 25 (no. 300); ref. 18744] San Pedro, southern California, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): USNM 43860. See Leis 2006:81 [ref. 28932] for comments on the holotype. •Synonym of Chilomycterus affinis Günther 1870 -- (Lea & Vojkovich 1985:46 [ref. 23202] but with USNM 43860 as type [it is the basis of the 1893 redescription]). •Synonym of Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Leis 2006:80-81 [ref. 28932]). Current status: Synonym of Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus 1758). Diodontidae. Habitat: marine.