WoRMS taxon details
Arothron Müller, 1841
Arothon · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Arothtron · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Boesemanichthys Abe, 1952 · unaccepted
Dibolomycter · unaccepted (misspelling)
Dibolomyctère · unaccepted (database artefact)
Dilobmycterus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Dilobomycter Troschel (ex Bibron), 1856 · unaccepted (synonym)
Dilobomycterus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Kanduka Hora, 1925 · unaccepted
- Species Arothron caeruleopunctatus Matsuura, 1994
- Species Arothron carduus (Cantor, 1849)
- Species Arothron diadematus (Rüppell, 1829)
- Species Arothron firmamentum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
- Species Arothron gillbanksii (Clarke, 1897)
- Species Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Species Arothron inconditus Smith, 1958
- Species Arothron manilensis (Marion de Procé, 1822)
- Species Arothron mappa (Lesson, 1831)
- Species Arothron meleagris (Anonymous, 1798)
- Species Arothron multilineatus Matsuura, 2016
- Species Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Species Arothron reticularis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Species Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)
- Species Arothron aerostaticus (Jenyns, 1842) accepted as Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)
- Species Arothron alboreticulatus (Tanaka, 1908) accepted as Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)
- Species Arothron citrinellus (Günther, 1870) accepted as Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Species Arothron dorsovittatus Blyth, 1860 accepted as Dichotomyctere fluviatilis (Hamilton, 1822)
- Species Arothron gillbanksi (Clarke, 1897) accepted as Arothron gillbanksii (Clarke, 1897) (misspelling)
- Species Arothron kappa (Bleeker, 1850) accepted as Chelonodontops patoca (Hamilton, 1822)
- Species Arothron leopardus (Day, 1878) accepted as Chelonodontops leopardus (Day, 1878)
- Species Arothron manillensis (Marion de Procé, 1822) accepted as Arothron manilensis (Marion de Procé, 1822) (misspelling)
- Species Arothron meleagridis (Anonymous, 1798) accepted as Arothron meleagris (Anonymous, 1798) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Arothron ophryas Cope, 1871 accepted as Arothron meleagris (Anonymous, 1798)
- Species Arothron setosus (Smith, 1886) accepted as Arothron meleagris (Anonymous, 1798)
- Species Arothron simulans (Cantor, 1849) accepted as Dichotomyctere nigroviridis (Marion de Procé, 1822)
- Species Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Arothron Müller, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156706 on 2025-04-19
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2006-09-06 06:55:51Z
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | モヨウフグ属 | [details] |
