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African Freshwater Pufferfishes
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African Freshwater Pufferfishes

Tetraodon

Tetraodon is a genus in the pufferfish family (Tetraodontidae) found in freshwater in Africa. It is the type genus of the family and historically included numerous other species; several Asian species were only moved to the genera Dichotomyctere, Leiodon and Pao in 2013.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Mbu Puffer

speciesTetraodon mbu

Fahaka Puffer

speciesTetraodon lineatus

Redline Puffer

speciesTetraodon pustulatus

Spotted Congo Puffer

speciesTetraodon schoutedeni

Congo Puffer

speciesTetraodon miurus

Malebo Puffer

speciesTetraodon duboisi

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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 56115.