LEIS: SYSTEMATICS AND ZOOGEOGRAI'HY OK THE PORCUPINEFISHES 



Giinther ( 1910) did not designate a holotype or 

 syntypic series for D. bleekeri, but his description, 

 along with the included plate by Garrett, provide 

 sufficient information to synonymize this nominal 

 species with D. Uturosus. 



In large part the confusion between D. holocan- 

 thus and D. Uturosus has resulted from the limited 

 geographical overlap in the distributions of these 

 two species. Because comparative material of both 

 species is rarely available from a given area, it is 

 not surprising that these similar species have 

 been confused, especially considering the less than 

 detailed descriptions available. 



Nothing is known of the ecology of this species. 



Material examined. — 30 specimens, 24.5-340 mm. 



INDIAN OCEAN: RUSI 3707 (1:124) Port Elizabeth, South 

 Africa. AUSTRALIA: AMS B.1349 (1:128) Port Jackson, New 

 South Wales. EAST INDIES: AMS B.7810 (1:114) Malay Ar- 

 chipelago; CAS 28225 (3:105-116) Madang, New Guinea; BPBM 

 19239 (1:132) Ambon, Molucca Is. PfflUPPINE IS.: CAS 38383 

 (1:130) Panay. GULF OF THAILAND: CAS 30967 (4:107-162) 

 Ko Samet, Thailand; GVFstn 135 ( 1:186) Gob Proet I. Thailand; 

 GVF stn 8 (1:201) Gob Kram I. Thailand; GVF 2646 ( 1:264) Gob 

 Luem I. Thailand; GVF 2067 (4:94-152) Bangkok. JAPAN: 

 CAS 6987 ( 1:24.5) Misaki. PALAU IS.: GVF stn 57-45 (1:155); 

 GVF stn 61 (2:133-139); GVF stn 57-43 (1:217). KAPIN- 

 GAMARINGI: GVF stn 51 (1:125). SOLOMON IS.: CAS 6004 

 (1:123) Bellona I. AMS B. 1350 (1:112) Solomon Is. SOCIETY 

 IS.: GVF (no station data) (1:340) Moorea; GVF stn 39 (1:195) 

 Bora Bora; BPBM 8745 (1:313) Tahiti. 



DIODON HOLOCANTHUS LINNAEUS 



Balloonfish or Spiny Puffer 

 (Figures 17, 18) 



Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus 1758:335 ("Habitat 



in India") after Artedi 1738; Marshall 



1965:500-501, pi. 63 (Queensland, Australia); 



Orsi 1974:176 (Vietnam). 

 Diodon pilosus Mitchill 1815:471, pi. 6 (New 



York); De Kay 1842:326, pi. 55 (New York). 

 Diodon novemmaculatus Cuvier 1818:136, pi. 6 



(no locality given). 

 Diodon sexfnaculatus Cuvier 1818:136-137, pi. 7 



(no locality given). 

 Diodon quadrimaculatus Cuvier 1818:137, pi. 6 



(Tahiti? - see text). 

 Diodon multimaculatus Cuvier 1818:137-138, pi. 



7 (no locality given). 

 IDiodon macuUferl Kaup 1855:229 (Cape of Good 



Hope). 

 Paradiodon quadrimaculatus: (Bleeker 1865:57- 



58, pi. 212 (East Indies). 

 Trichodiodon pilosus: Bleeker 1865:49; Giinther 



1870:316 (both after Mitchill 1815). 

 Atopomycterus bocagei Steindachner 1866:447- 



478, pi. 6 (Port Jackson, Australia). 



FIGURE n.— Diodon holocanthus, 195 mm SL, Wolmar, Mauritius (BPBM 20255). Photo by J. E. Randall. 



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