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Chilomycterus

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae

Taxonomy
Chilomycterus was named by Brisout de Barneville (1846) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Tetradontiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Diodontidae by Arambourg (1925), Arambourg (1927), Purdy et al. (2001), Dica (2002), Matsuura (2015) and Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Chilomycterus Brisout de Barneville
1925Chilomycterus Arambourg p. 115
1927Chilomycterus Arambourg p. 221
2001Chilomycterus Purdy et al. p. 187
2002Chilomycterus Dica p. 40
2002Chilomycterus Sepkoski
2015Chilomycterus Matsuura
2018Chilomycterus Carnevale and Godfrey p. 199

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Percomorpharia
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderTetraodontoidei
familyDiodontidae
genusChilomycterusBrisout de Barneville 1846

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Chilomycterus Brisout de Barneville 1846
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Chilomycterus acanthodes Sauvage 1870
Chilomycterus schoepfi Walbaum 1792
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available