Author: Linnaeus, 1758

Chilomycterus atringa Linnaeus, 1758

Diagnosis: back flat. Three spines above orbit; no spines on middle of forehead. Dorsal finrays 12; anal finrays 11. Colour: brown above, whitish below; many black spots, also on fins; a round black blotch on middle of side. Size: to about 50 cm SL.

Habitat, Food, Reproduction: no data.

Distribution: Madeira and occasionally Portugal. Elsewhere, from Madeira to Angola, off Bermuda and from West Indies to Brazil.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Tetraodontiformes
Suborder Balistoidei
Family Diodontidae
Genus Chilomycterus
Species Chilomycterus atringa

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Chilomycterus atringa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Chilomycterus atringa Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms:

Diodon Atringa Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. X: 334 ('Habitat in India'). Diodon reticulatus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. X: 334 ('Habitat in India').
Diodon reticulatus: Lowe, 1841: 193.
Chilomycterus atinga: Fowler, 1936, 2: 1119 Helling, 1943: 70 Lozano Rey, 1952: 360, pl. 29 (fig. 4).
Chilomycterus reticulatus: Poll, 1959: 352, fig. 119bis.


Common names:

sapo [Pr]

Fowler, H. W. 1936. The Marine Fishes of West Africa, based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition 1909-1915. Bull. am. Mus. nat. Hist., 70 (1), Jan. 21, 1936: pp. vii+1-606, fig. 1-275; (2), Nov. 18, 1936: pp. 607-1493, fig. 276-567.

Helling, H. 1943. Novo catalogo dos peixes de Portugal em colecçao no Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Coimbra. Mems Estud. Mus. zool. Univ. Coimbra (1) 149: 110 p.

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, ed. X, vol. 1, 824 pp. Nantes & Pisces: pp. 230-338. (Reprint, 1956, London.)

Lozano y Rey, L. 1952. Peces fisoclistos, Subserie Toracicos. Mems R. Acad. Cienc. exact. fis. nat. Madr., ser.: Cien. nat., Primate parte, 14: pp. xv+1-378, fig. 1-20, pl. I-XXX; Segunda parte, 14: pp. 379-705, fig. 21-31, pl. XXI-LI.

Poll, M. 1959. Poissons. V. Téléostéens Acanthoptérygiens (2e partie). Rés. Sci. Expéd. océanogr. belg. Eaux côt. afr. Atlant. Sud (1948-1949), 4 (3B): 417 pp., 127 fig., 7 pl.

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