Diodon holacanthus Linnaeus, 1758

Golani, Daniel & Bogorodsky, Sergey V., 2010, 2463, Zootaxa 2463, pp. 1-135 : 86

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Diodon holacanthus Linnaeus, 1758
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This species does not occur in the Red Sea and therefore Leis (1984) did not include the Red Sea in its distribution map. Tortonese's (1935 -36) record from Massawa was evidently a misidentification, most likely of Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 .

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