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Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chilomycterus is a genus of diodontid tetraodontiform fishes commonly called "burrfish."
Burrfishes | |
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Chilomycterus schoepfii | |
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 atringa Brisout de Barneville, 1846 | |
Synonyms | |
Atinga Le Danois, 1954 |
There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:[1]
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