The coastal fishes of Madeira Island — new records and an annotated check-list
Wirtz, Peter
Fricke, Ronald
Biscoito, Manuel José
Zootaxa
2008
1715
1
26
6249Q
31034
[151,304,1296,1322]
Actinopterygii
Diodontidae
Animalia
Tetraodontiformes
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21
Chordata
family
Numerous specimens in the MMF and four specimens in the BMNH belong to this species. Diodon hystrixLinnaeus, 1758—Spot-fin porcupinefish Tortonese in Whitehead et al.(1986:1347) recorded this species from Madeira. However, the Diodonspecies at the Canary Islands (Brito et al. 2005) and at the Azores ( Azevedo et al.2004) is Diodon eydouxiiBrisoutde Barneville, 1846. The presence of D. hystrixat Madeira therefore appears doubtful and the identity of Madeiran Diodonneeds checking.