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Chilomycterus
Genus of fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chilomycterus is a genus of diodontid tetraodontiform fishes commonly called "burrfish."
Quick Facts Burrfishes, Scientific classification ...
Burrfishes | |
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Chilomycterus schoepfii | |
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Chilomycterus antillarum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Diodontidae |
Genus: | Chilomycterus Brisout de Barneville, 1846 |
Type species | |
Diodon reticulatus Brisout de Barneville, 1846 | |
Synonyms | |
Atinga Le Danois, 1954 |
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