balloonfish
Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
- Name authority
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Common name
- balloonfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Diodontidae
- Genus
- Diodon
- 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
- genusDiodon Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesDiodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Diodon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| porcupinefishDiodon hystrix 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 |
|---|---|
| Paradiodon quadrimaculatus (Cuvier, 1818) (Cuvier, 1818) | synonym |
| Trichodiodon pilosus (Mitchill, 1815) (Mitchill, 1815) | synonym |
| Diodon hystrix holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus, 1758 | synonym |
| Diodon maculifer Kaup, 1855 Kaup, 1855 | synonym |
| Diodon novemaculatus Cuvier, 1818 Cuvier, 1818 | synonym |
| Diodon paraholocanthus Kotthaus, 1979 Kotthaus, 1979 | synonym |
| Diodon holacanthus Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus, 1758 | synonym |
| Atopomycterus bocagei Steindachner, 1866 Steindachner, 1866 | synonym |
| Diodon sexmaculatus Cuvier, 1818 Cuvier, 1818 | synonym |
| Diodon pilosus Mitchill, 1815 Mitchill, 1815 | synonym |
| Diodon quadrimaculatus Cuvier, 1818 Cuvier, 1818 | synonym |
| Diodon multimaculatus Cuvier, 1818 Cuvier, 1818 | synonym |
| Diodon novemmaculatus Cuvier, 1818 Cuvier, 1818 | 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.
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:6D7NC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.