Nomenclature and distribution of the species of the porcupinefish family Diodontidae (Pisces, Teleostei)
Author
Leis, Jeffrey M.
text
Memoirs of Museum Victoria
2006
2006-12-31
63
1
77
90
https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-63-issue-1-2006/pages-77-90/
journal article
10.24199/j.mmv.2006.63.10
1447-2554
12210589
Cyclichthys hardenbergi
(de Beaufort, 1939)
Chilomycterus hardenbergi
de Beaufort, 1939: 33–34
(New
Guinea
)*
*extant
type
Based on examination of 21 museum specimens from throughout the limited range, including the
holotype
. There are no real questions as to the identity of this species: de Beaufortʼs (1939, ref. 17230) description is diagnostic, and the type is extant. This species has one of the more limited ranges within the family.
Distribution
. Indo-Pacific
North-western
Australia
to the west coast of Cape York, and the south coast of New
Guinea
.
Kailola (1975)
also recorded it from the Trobirand Islands.