- Source: Chilomycterus
Chilomycterus is a genus of diodontid tetraodontiform fishes commonly called "burrfish."
Species
There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:
Chilomycterus antennatus (G. Cuvier, 1816) (bridled burrfish)
Chilomycterus antillarum D. S. Jordan & Rutter, 1897 (web burrfish)
Chilomycterus mauretanicus (Y. Le Danois, 1954) (Guinean burrfish)
Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (spotfin burrfish)
Chilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792) (striped burrfish)
Chilomycterus spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758)