Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri - (Order) Tetraodontiformes - (Family) Diodontidae

Original position

Branchiostegi (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 412. [assumed]

Original entries

Diodon atringa Linnaeus, 1758
Diodon echinatus Linnaeus, 1758
Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Diodon raninus Linnaeus, 1758
Diodon reticulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Diodon spinosus Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Diodontidae (Family) Billberg, 1833

Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 458; ECoF(9 Sep 2025).

Alternative positions

Branchiostegi (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 334. [new taxon]
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 412. [new position]

Historical positions

Diodontidae (Family) Billberg, 1833	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 83. [nominal taxon]
Diodontidae (Family) Billberg, 1833	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 458.
Diodontidae (Family) Billberg, 1833	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 374.
Diodontidae (Family) Billberg, 1833	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 944.
Tetraodontiformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 687. [rough position]
Plectognathi (Order)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 451. [rough position]
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 349, 412. [new position]
Branchiostegi (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 243, 334. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	5s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[5s]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[5s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[7s]