The coastal fishes of Madeira Island — new records and an annotated check-list
Author
Wirtz, Peter
Author
Fricke, Ronald
Author
Biscoito, Manuel José
text
Zootaxa
2008
1715
1
26
journal article
49938
10.5281/zenodo.274128
29ee5190-56be-4f31-8810-fcd4070a5c4e
1175-5326
274128
Diodontidae
According to
Leis (2006)
the name
Chilomycterus atringa
(Linnaeus, 1758)
cannot be assigned with certainty to any species. Tortonese in Whitehead
et al.
(1986: 1346) recorded it from Madeira. *
Chilomycterus reticulatus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
—Spotfin burrfish
Numerous specimens in the MMF and four specimens in the BMNH belong to this species.
Diodon hystrix
Linnaeus, 1758
—Spot-fin porcupinefish
Tortonese in Whitehead
et al.
(1986:1347) recorded this species from Madeira. However, the
Diodon
species at the Canary Islands (Brito
et al.
2005) and at the Azores (
Azevedo
et al.
2004
) is
Diodon eydouxii
Brisout
de Barneville, 1846. The presence of
D. hystrix
at Madeira therefore appears doubtful and the identity of Madeiran
Diodon
needs checking.