Species Cyclichthys spilostylus (Leis & Randall, 1982)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Chilomycterus spilostylus Leis, J.M. & Randall, J.E. 1982. Chilomycterus spilostylus, a new species of Indo-Pacific burrfish (Pisces, Tetraodontiformes, Diodontidae). Records of the Australian Museum 34(3): 363-371 figs 1-4 [364, figs 1- 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM 13896, Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.
  Paratype(s) AM I.21045–001 (incorrectly in original description as I.20145-001); BMNH 1979.9.24.1; HUJ 8343; CAS(SU) 68649; USNM 191665; USNM 216146; BPBM 20456; BPBM 22724.

 

Generic Combinations

• Cyclichthys spilostylus (Leis & Randall, 1982). —
  Leis, J.M. 1986. Family No. 269: Diodontidae. pp. 903-907 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [905]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North of Shark Bay (23°44'S) to Arafura Sea off Maningrida (134°28'E), NT, and north of Lizard Island (14°41'S) to east of Swain Reefs (21°53'S, 153°01'E), QLD; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [278]

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [156] (as Chilomycterus spilostylus)

Leis, J.M. 1986. Family No. 269: Diodontidae. pp. 903-907 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [905]

Leis, J.M. 2001. Diodontidae. pp. 3958-3965 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3963]

Leis, J.M. 2006. Nomenclature and distribution of the species of the Porcupinefish family Diodontidae (Pisces, Teleostei). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 63(1): 77-90 [82]

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [322] (as Chilomycterus spilostylus)

 

Common Name References

Leis, J.M. 2001. Diodontidae. pp. 3958-3965 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3963] (Spotbase Burrfish)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [322] (Spot-base Burrfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Spotbase Burrfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)