Chilomycterus

Burrfishes
Temporal range:
Chilomycterus schoepfii
Chilomycterus antillarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Diodontidae
Genus: Chilomycterus
Brisout de Barneville, 1846
Type species
Diodon atringa
Brisout de Barneville, 1846
Synonyms

Atinga Le Danois, 1954
Chilomyctere Bibron, 1855
Cyanichthys Kaup, 1855
Lyosphaera Evermann & Kendall, 1898 (uncertainly a synonym of this genus)

Chilomycterus is a genus of diodontid tetraodontiform fishes commonly called "burrfish."

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