Diodon scillae Agassiz 1843 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae

Synonym: Megalurites nitidum Costa 1864

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II, IIe Partie (17me livraison) 73-336

Belongs to Diodon according to L. Agassiz 1843

See also Costa 1864, Schultz 2006 and Woodward 1901

Sister taxa: Diodon circumflexus, Diodon connewarrensis, Diodon erinaceus, Diodon formosus, Diodon kugleri, Diodon tenuispinus, Diodon vetus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Diodon scillae in the database

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