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Pufferfishes
Tetraodontidae
The Tetraodontidae are a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species which are variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, toadfish, toadies, honey toads, sugar toads, and sea squab. They are morphologically similar to the closely related porcupinefish, which have large external spines (unlike the thinner, hidden spines of the Tetraodontidae, which are only visible when the fish has puffed up). The scientific...
27 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 193 known species
Arothron
genusArothron
Tobies
genusCanthigaster
Sphoeroides
genusSphoeroides
Tetractenos
genusTetractenos
Torquigener
genusTorquigener
Fugu
genusTakifugu
Pelagic Pufferfishes
genusLagocephalus
Omegophora
genusOmegophora
Chelonodon
genusChelonodon
Green Freshwater Pufferfishes
genusDichotomyctere
Amblyrhynchote
genusAmblyrhynchote
Marilyna
genusMarilyna
Polyspina
genusPolyspina
Prickly Toadfishes
genusContusus
Ephippion
genusEphippion
Pao pufferfish
genusPao
African Freshwater Pufferfishes
genusTetraodon
Pelagocephalus
genusPelagocephalus
Redeye Pufferfishes
genusCarinotetraodon
Leiodon
genusLeiodon
Feroxodon
genusFeroxodon
Reicheltia
genusReicheltia
Golden Pufferfishes
genusAuriglobus
Chonerhinos
genusChonerhinos
Guentheridia
genusGuentheridia
Javichthys
genusJavichthys
Tylerius
genusTylerius
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49266.