Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Tetraodontiformes > Family Diodontidae > Genus Cyclichthys

Cyclichthys spilostylus (Leis & Randall, 1982)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cyclichthys*	Kaup, 1855	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Chilomycterus spilostylus*	Leis & Randall, 1982	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: イガグリフグ

Literature

basis of record	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Cyclichthys spilostylus, Egypt, by Henlé, C.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cyclichthys spilostylus (Leis & Randall, 1982). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219967