Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 306

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12713474
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C63F87BA-E3ED-3FB1-762D-DEEBEDBDFBAA
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scientific name	Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804
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Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 65 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 1-90 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: NE – Not evaluated

Source: observation

Distribution and remarks: Indo-Pacific and South-East Atlantic: South-East coast of South Africa. Several human observations for Gabon that are probable misidentifications ( Leis, 2006).

LEIS J., 2006. - Nomenclature and distribution of the species of the porcupinefish family Diodontidae (Pisces, Teleostei). Mem. Mus. Victoria: 77 - 90. https: // doi. org / 10.24199 / j. mmv. 2006. 63.10

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Tetraodontiformes
Family	Diodontidae
Genus	Diodon

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