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Tetraodontidae FAMILY Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1832 – pufferfishes GENUS Amblyrhynchotes Troschel, 1856 - puffers Species Amblyrhynchotes hypselogeneion (Bleeker, 1852) - Troschel's puffer [=rueppelii, rufopunctatus] GENUS Arothron Muller, 1841 - pufferfishes [=Boesemanichthys, Catophorhynchus, Crayracion K, Crayracion W, Crayracion B, Cyprichthys, Dilobomycterus, Kanduka] Species Arothron caeruleopunctatus Matsuura, 1994 - bluespotted puffer Species Arothron carduus (Cantor, 1849) - carduus puffer Species Arothron diadematus (Ruppell, 1829) - masked puffer Species Arothron firmamentum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) - starry puffer Species Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) - whitespotted puffer [=bondarus, implutus, laterna, perspicillaris, punctulatus, pusillus, sazanami, semistriatus] Species Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - immaculate puffer [=aspilos, kunhardtii, parvus, scaber, sordidus] Species Arothron inconditus Smith, 1958 - bellystriped puffer Species Arothron meleagris (Anonymous, 1798) - guineafowl puffer [=erethizon, lacrymatus, latifrons, ophryas, setosus] Species Arothron manilensis (Marion de Proce, 1822) - narrowlined puffer [=pilosus, virgatus] Species Arothron mappa (Lesson, 1831) - map puffer Species Arothron multilineatus Matsuura, 2016 - manylined puffer Species Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - blackspotted puffer [=aurantius, citrinella, melanorhynchos, trichoderma, trichodermatoides] Species Arothron reticularis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - reticulated puffer [=testudinarius] Species Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798) - stellate puffer [=aerostaticus, alboreticulatus, amabilis, asper, calamara, cinereus, guttatus, michiei, otteri, punctatus, staigeri, stellatus S, stellatus B] GENUS Auriglobus Kottelat, 1999 - pufferfishes Species Auriglobus amabilis (Roberts, 1982) - amabilis puffer Species Auriglobus modestus (Bleeker, 1850) - bronze puffer [=africanus] Species Auriglobus nefastus (Roberts, 1982) - greenbottle puffer Species Auriglobus remotus (Roberts, 1982) - remotus puffer Species Auriglobus silus (Roberts, 1982) - silus puffer GENUS Canthigaster Swainson, 1839 - puffers, shortnose puffers, tobys [=Anosmius M, Anosmius P, Eumycterias, Lucubrapiscis, Prilonotus, Psilonotus, Rhynchote, Rhynchotes, Tropidichthys] Species Canthigaster amboinensis (Bleeker, 1864) - spidereye puffer [=oahuensis, polyophthalmus, psegma] Species Canthigaster axiologus Whitley, 1931 - Pacific crown toby Species Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, 1854) - Bennett's sharpnose puffer [=constellatus, ocellatus, oxylophius] Species Canthigaster callisterna (Ogilby, 1889) - clown toado Species Canthigaster capistrata (Lowe, 1839) - Macaronesian sharpnose puffer Species Canthigaster coronata (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) - crowned puffer [=cinctus] Species Canthigaster compressa (Marion de Proce, 1822) - compressed puffer [=insignitus, striolatus] Species Canthigaster criobe Williams et al., 2012 - striped toby Species Canthigaster cyanetron Randall & Cea-Egana, 1989 - cyanetron puffer Species Canthigaster cyanospilota Randall et al., 2008 - cyanospilota puffer Species Canthigaster epilampra (Jenkins, 1903) - lantern toby Species Canthigaster figueiredoi Moura & Castro, 2002 - Southern Atlantic sharpnose puffer Species Canthigaster flavoreticulata Matsuura, 1986 - flavoreticulata puffer Species Canthigaster inframacula Allen & Randall, 1977 - inframacula puffer Species Canthigaster investigatoris (Annadale & Jenkins, 1910) - investigatoris puffer Species Canthigaster jactator (Jenkins, 1901) - Hawaiian whitespotted toby Species Canthigaster jamestyleri Moura & Castro, 2002 - goldface toby Species Canthigaster janthinoptera (Bleeker, 1855) - honeycomb toby Species Canthigaster leoparda Lubbock & Allen, 1979 - leopard sharpnose puffer Species Canthigaster margaritata (Ruppell, 1829) - pearl toby Species Canthigaster marquesensis Allen & Randall, 1977 - marquesensis puffer Species Canthigaster natalensis (Gunther, 1870) - Natal toby Species Canthigaster ocellicincta Allen & Randall, 1977 - shy toby Species Canthigaster papua (Bleeker, 1848) - Papuan toby Species Canthigaster petersii (Bianconi, 1854) - Peters' puffer Species Canthigaster punctata Matsuura, 1992 - punctata puffer Species Canthigaster punctatissima (Gunther, 1870) - spotted sharpnose puffer [=brederi, brunneus, oxyrrhynchus, reticulatus] Species Canthigaster pygmaea Allen & Randall, 1977 - pygmy toby Species Canthigaster rapaensis Allen & Randall, 1977 - rapaensis puffer Species Canthigaster rivulata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) - brownlined puffer [=bitaeniatus, caudofasciatus, notospilus] Species Canthigaster rostrata (Bloch, 1786) - Caribbean sharpnose puffer [=asterias, caudacinctus, ornatus] Species Canthigaster sanctaehelenae (Gunther, 1870) - St. Helena sharpnose puffer Species Canthigaster smithae Allen & Randall, 1977 - bicolored toby Species Canthigaster solandri (Richardson, 1845) - spotted sharpnose [=australis, glaucospilotus, saipanensis] Species Canthigaster supramacula Moura & Castro, 2002 - West African sharpnose puffer Species Canthigaster tyleri Allen & Randall, 1977 - Tyler's toby Species Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853) - Valentinni's sharpnose puffer [=gronovii, taeniatus] GENUS Carinotetraodon Benl, 1957 - pufferfishes Species Carinotetraodon borneensis (Regan, 1903) - Borneo puffer Species Carinotetraodon imitator Britz & Kottelat, 1999 - dwarf Malabar pufferfish Species Carinotetraodon irrubesco Tan, 1999 - redtail dwarf puffer Species Carinotetraodon lorteti (Tirant, 1885) - redeye puffer [=chlupatyi, somphongsi, tiranti, werneri] Species Carinotetraodon salivator Lim & Kottelat, 1995 - salivator puffer Species Carinotetraodon travancoricus (Hora & Nair, 1941) - Malabar pufferfish GENUS Chelonodontops Smith, 1958 - pufferfishes Species Chelonodontops alvheimi Psomadakis et al., 2018 - Alvheim's puffer Species Chelonodontops leopardus (Day, 1878) - Day's leopard puffer Species Chelonodontops patoca (Hamilton, 1822) - patoca puffer [=bourouensis, dissutidens, dorsounicolor, hartlaubii, kappa, maculatus] Species Chelonodontops pleurospilus (Regan, 1919) - pleurospilus puffer [=pulchellus] GENUS Chonerhinos Bleeker, 1854 - pufferfishes [=Xenopterus] Species Chonerhinos naritus (Richardson, 1848) - yellow pufferfish [=bellangerii, grandispina] GENUS Colomesus Gill, 1884 - pufferfishes [=Batrachops] Species Colomesus asellus (Muller & Troschel, 1849) - Amazon puffer Species Colomesus psittacus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - banded puffer Species Colomesus tocantinensis Amaral et al., 2013 - Tocantins puffer GENUS Contusus Whitley, 1947 - pufferfishes Species Contusus brevicaudatus Hardy, 1981 - shortnose puffer Species Contusus richei (Freminville, 1813) - prickly toadfish GENUS Dichotomyctere Dumeril, 1855 - pufferfishes [=Dichotomycter] Species Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia (Bleeker, 1853) - erythrotaenia puffer [=gernaerti] Species Dichotomyctere fluviatilis (Hamilton, 1822) - fluviatilis puffer [=dorsovittatus, rangoonensis] Species Dichotomyctere nigroviridis (Marion de Proce, 1822) - nigroviridis puffer [=kretamensis, potamophilus, simulans] Species Dichotomyctere ocellatus (Steindachner, 1870) - ocellated puffer [=biocellatus, steindachneri] Species Dichotomyctere sabahensis (Dekkers, 1975) - Sabah puffer GENUS Ephippion Bibron, in Dumeril, 1855 - pufferfishes [=Hemiconiatus] Species Ephippion guttifer (Bennett, 1831) - prickly puffer [=maculatum] GENUS Feroxodon Su et al., 1986 - pufferfishes Species Feroxodon multistriatus (Richardson, 1854) - manystriped blowfish GENUS Gastrophysus Muller, 1843 - pufferfishes, fugus [=Akamefugu, Aphanacanthe, Fugu, Higanfugu, Physogaster, Shosaifugu, Takifugu, Torafugu] Species Gastrophysus alboplumbeus (Richardson, 1845) - Komon-damashi [=niphobles, poecilonotus] Species Gastrophysus bimaculatus (Richardson, 1845) - Futatsuboshi-fugu Species Gastrophysus chrysops (Hilgendorf, 1879) - redeyed puffer Species Gastrophysus coronoidus (Ni & Li, 1992) - coronoidus puffer Species Gastrophysus exascurus (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) - Mushifugu Species Gastrophysus flavidus (Li et al., in Cheng et al., 1975) - yellowbelly pufferfish Species Gastrophysus flavipterus (Matsuura, 2017) - flavipterus puffer Species Gastrophysus oblongus (Bloch, 1786) - oblong blowfish [=micropthalmos, woodlarkensis, waandersii] Species Gastrophysus obscurus (Abe, 1949) - obscure puffer Species Gastrophysus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - ocellated puffer [=conspicillum] Species Gastrophysus orbimaculatus (Kuang & Liang, 1984) - orbimaculatus puffer Species Gastrophysus pardalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) - panther puffer Species Gastrophysus plagiocellatus (Li, in Su & Li, 2002) - plagiocellatus puffer Species Gastrophysus porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) - porphyreus puffer [=borealis] Species Gastrophysus radiatus (Abe, 1947) - Nashifugu Species Gastrophysus reticularis (Tian et al, in Cheng et al., 1975) - reticulate puffer Species Gastrophysus rubripes (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) - Torafugu [=basilevskianus, chinensis, pseudommus] Species Gastrophysus snyderi (Abe, 1988) - Shosai-fugu Species Gastrophysus stictonotus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) - spotback Species Gastrophysus variomaculatus (Li & Kuang, in Su & Li, 2002) - variomaculatus puffer Species Gastrophysus vermicularis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) - purple puffer [=abbotti] Species Gastrophysus xanthopterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) - yellowfin puffer GENUS Geneion Bibron, 1855 - pufferfishes [=Amblyrhynchote] Species Geneion honckenii (Bloch, 1785)
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