Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804

Leis, Jeffrey M., 2006, Nomenclature and distribution of the species of the porcupinefish family Diodontidae (Pisces, Teleostei), Memoirs of Museum Victoria 63 (1), pp. 77-90 : 88

Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804

Leis, 1978 examined 30 specimens of Diodon liturosus Shaw (1804, ref. 4015) primarily from the western Pacific. I have now seen an additional 45 lots that extend the documented distribution of the species (see below) .

Distribution. Indo-west Pacific

W Indian Ocean – South Africa (Algoa Bay) to Oman and southern Red Sea, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Laccadives and Maldives.

E Indian Ocean – Phuket, Thailand to Ningaloo Reef, WA

W Pacific – from Maizuru, Japan to northern NSW, Australia to New Caledonia to Society and Marshall Is.