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.