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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderTetraodontiformes
  4. ›familyDiodontidae
  5. ›genusChilomycterus
Chilomycterus antillarum
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Web Burrfish

Chilomycterus antillarum Jordan & Rutter, 1897

Also calledBaiacu-de-espinho (por) · Baiacu-de-espinho-das-Antilhas (por) · Diodon réticulé (fra) · Guanábana (spa) · Montsuki-ishigakifugu (jpn) · Net-egelvis (nld) · Peix eriçó de les Antilles (cat) · Pejerizo (spa) · Pesce istrice delle Antille (ita) · Pez Guanábana del Caribe (spa) · Tamboril Erizo (spa) · Web Burrfish (por) · baiacu-graviola (por) · guanábana antillana (spa)

First described in: Jordan, D. S.; Rutter, C. L. (1897). A collection of fishes made by Joseph Seed Roberts in Kingston, Jamaica. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 49: 91-133.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2406483.