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Diodon  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 173390

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Trichodiodon Bleeker, 1865
  
    Paradiodon Bleeker, 1865
  
    Euchilomycterus Waite, 1900
  
    Trichocyclus Günther, 1870
  
  Common Name(s): porcupinefishes [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons ŕ nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderTetraodontiformes  – leatherjackets, cowfishes, filefishes, puffers, triggerfishes, trunkfishes, balistes, poissons-coffres, poissons-globes  
                               SuborderTetraodontoidei  – puffers, porcupinefishes, tétrodons  
                                  FamilyDiodontidae  – porcupinefishes, burrfishes, peces erizo, poissons porcs-épics  
                                     GenusDiodon Linnaeus, 1758 – porcupinefishes  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville, 1846 – pelagic porcupinefish, pez erizo pelágico, Pelagic Porcupinefish 
                                        Species Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758 – balloonfish, hairy porcupinefish, pez erizo, pez erizo mapache, Balloonfish 
                                        Species Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 – porcupinefish, puerco espín, pez erizo pecoso, Porcupinefish 
                                        Species Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804  
                                        Species Diodon nicthemerus Cuvier, 1818  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 31-Oct-2014, website (version 31-Oct-14)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: Eschmeyer, W. N. (ed). Catalog of Fishes. (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 03-Nov-2014   
  Reference for: Diodon   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Diodon   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Diodon   
       

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