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Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
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schoepfii, Diodon Walbaum [J. J.] 1792:601 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] No locality stated [New York, U.S.A.]. No types known. Based on 'Diodon ?atringa' (non Linnaeus 1758) in Schöpf 1788:192 [ref. 18700]. •Valid as Chilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum 1792) [sometimes as schoepfi] -- (Smith 1986:460 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:309 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:569 [ref. 25518] as schoepfi, McAllister 1990:227 [ref. 14674], Boschung 1992:184 [ref. 23239], Murdy et al. 1997:266 [ref. 23144], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:519 [ref. 24550] as schoepfi, Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:357 [ref. 25013], Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:601 [ref. 26158] as schoepfi, Leis 2003:2012 [ref. 27121], Smith et al. 2003:72 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:185 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:935 [ref. 28815], Leis 2006:84 [ref. 28932], García-Hernández et al. 2009:94 [ref. 37265] as schoepfi, Page et al. 2013:191 [ref. 32708], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36407], Carneiro et al. 2019:223 [ref. 37250], Ribeiro et al. 2019:9 [ref. 36717], Robertson et al. 2020:153 [ref. 38098], Bagley et al. 2023:324 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:168 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Chilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum 1792). Diodontidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Newfoundland (Canada) south to northeastern Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and eastern Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.


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