Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:56.

TYPE SPECIES: Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758 .

SYNONYMS: Acanthion; Oedocephalus (see Allen, 1939), Thecurus .

COMMENTS: Divided into three subgenera: Acanthion Cuvier, 1823; Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758; and Thecurus Lyon, 1907 (see Van Weers, 1977, 1978, 1979).