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Diodon holocanthus  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 173392

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Diodon maculifer Kaup, 1855
  
    Diodon pilosus Mitchill, 1815
  
    Trichodiodon pilosus (Mitchill, 1815)
  
  Common Name(s): balloonfish [English]
  
    hairy porcupinefish [English]
  
    pez erizo [Spanish]
  
    pez erizo mapache [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          SuperclassOsteichthyes  -- bony fishes, osteíceto, peixe ósseo, poissons osseux  
             ClassActinopterygii  -- poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées, ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes  
                SubclassNeopterygii  -- neopterygians  
                   InfraclassTeleostei   
                      SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                         OrderTetraodontiformes  -- balistes, cowfishes, filefishes, leatherjackets, poissons-coffres, poissons-globes, puffers, triggerfishes, trunkfishes  
                            SuborderTetraodontoidei  -- porcupinefishes, puffers, tétrodons  
                               FamilyDiodontidae  -- burrfishes, peces erizo, poissons porcs-épics, porcupinefishes  
                                  GenusDiodon Linnaeus, 1758 -- porcupinefishes  
                                     SpeciesDiodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758 -- balloonfish, hairy porcupinefish, pez erizo, pez erizo mapache  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Diodon holocanthus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Diodon holocanthus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Claro, Rodolfo, and Lynne R. Parenti / Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and L. R. Parenti, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 2: The Marine Ichthyofauna of Cuba   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba   
  Page(s): 21-57   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-985-8   
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  Reference for: Diodon holocanthus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hoese, H. Dickson, Richard H. Moore, and V. Farley Sonnier  
  Publication Date: 1977   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico: Texas, Louisiana, and adjacent waters   
  Page(s): xv + 327   
  Publisher: Texas A & M University Press   
  Publication Place: College Station, TX, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-89096-027-5   
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  Reference for: Diodon holocanthus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: Diodon holocanthus, balloonfish, pez erizo mapache   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1980   
  Article/Chapter Title: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12   
  Page(s): 174   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
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  Reference for: Diodon holocanthus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1991   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20   
  Page(s): 183   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-70-9, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: Diodon holocanthus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: East Pacific  
    Eastern Atlantic Ocean  
    Indo-West Pacific  
    Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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