web burrfish
Chilomycterus antillarum Jordan & Rutter, 1897
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Chilomycterus antillarum Jordan & Rutter, 1897—web burrfish, 180.0 mm SL. Photo by JT Williams.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Chilomycterus antillarum, the web burrfish, spiny box puffer, bridled burrfish or striped burrfish, is a species of fish in the family Diodontidae native to the Western Atlantic Ocean, southern Florida, and the Bahamas to Brazil. The species can grow up to 12 inches in length.
Wikipedia contributors, Chilomycterus antillarum; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:59:52.818834+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Chilomycterus antillarum Jordan & Rutter, 1897
- Name authority
- Jordan & Rutter, 1897
- Common name
- web burrfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Diodontidae
- Genus
- Chilomycterus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderTetraodontiformes
- suborderTetraodontoidei
- familyDiodontidae Billberg, 1833
- genusChilomycterus Brisout de Barneville, 1846
- speciesChilomycterus antillarum Jordan & Rutter, 1897
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Chilomycterus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| striped burrfishChilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792) | DiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotfin burrfishChilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | DiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chilomycterus mauretanicus (Le Danois, 1954) | DiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bridled burrfishChilomycterus antennatus (Cuvier, 1816) | DiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chilomycterus spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758) | DiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cyclichthys antillarum (Jordan & Rutter, 1897) (Jordan & Rutter, 1897) | synonym |
| Diodon geometricus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | synonym |
| Chilomycterus geometricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Jordan, D. S., & Rutter, C. L. (1897). A collection of fishes made by Joseph Seed Roberts in Kingston, Jamaica. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, v. 49: 91–133. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5Y4Q8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.