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) - Honcken's puffer [=atratus, blochi, maculatum] GENUS Guentheridia Gilbert & Starks, 1904 - pufferfishes Species Guentheridia formosa (Gunther, 1870) - spotted puffer GENUS Javichthys Hardy, 1985 - pufferfishes Species Javichthys kailolae Hardy, 1985 - Bali Strait puffer GENUS Lagocephalus Swainson, 1839 - pufferfishes [=Apsicephalus, Laeviphysus, Pleuranacanthus, Promecocephale, Promecocephalus] Species Lagocephalus cheesemanii (Clarke, 1897) - Cheeseman's puffer [=gloveri] Species Lagocephalus guntheri Mirand Ribeiro, 1915 - diamondback puffer Species Lagocephalus inermis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) - inermis puffer Species Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766) - smooth puffer [=lineolatus, melanothos, munnozius, pachycephalus] Species Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) - oceanic puffer [=exilis, janthinus, nigridorsum, nitidus, oceanicus, pennantii, stellatus] Species Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - lunartail puffer [=argentatus, leiopleura, tepa] Species Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) - silvercheeked puffer [=argenteus, bicolor, blochii] Species Lagocephalus spadiceus (Richardson, 1845) - halfsmooth golden puffer [=assellinus, wheeleri] Species Lagocephalus suezensis Clark & Gohar, 1953 - Suez puffer GENUS Leiodon Swainson, 1839 - pufferfishes [=Chelonodon, Leisomus, Monotrete, Monotretus] Species Leiodon cutcutia (Hamilton, 1822) - ocellated puffer [=caria, gularis, marmoratus] Species Leiodon dapsilis (Whitley, 1943) - dapsilis puffer Species Leiodon laticeps (Smith, 1948) - laticeps puffer GENUS Marilyna Hardy, 1982 - pufferfishes Species Marilyna darwinii (Castelnau, 1873) - Darwin's puffer [=fasciatus] Species Marilyna meraukensis (de Beaufort, 1955) - Merauke toadfish Species Marilyna pleurosticta (Gunther, 1872) - pleurosticta puffer [=bibroni, laevis] GENUS Omegophora Whitley, 1934 - pufferfishes Species Omegophora armilla (Waite & McCulloch, 1915) - armilla puffer Species Omegophora cyanopunctata Hardy & Hutchins, 1981 - Hardy's puffer GENUS Pao Kottelat, 2013 - pufferfishes Species Pao abei (Roberts, 1998) - Abe's puffer Species Pao baileyi (Sontirat, 1985) - hairy puffer Species Pao barbatus (Roberts, 1998) - barbatus puffer Species Pao bergii (Popta, 1905) - Berg's puffer Species Pao brevirostris (Benl, 1957) - shortnose puffer Species Pao cambodgiensis (Chabanaud, 1923) - Cambodian puffer Species Pao cochinchinensis (Steindachner, 1866) - Cochin puffer Species Pao fangi (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1940) - Fang's puffer Species Pao hilgendorfii (Popta, 1905) - Hilgendorf's puffer Species Pao leirurus (Bleeker, 1850) - brackish puffer Species Pao ocellaris (Klausewitz, 1957) - ocellaris puffer Species Pao palembangensis (Bleeker, 1851) - Palembang puffer [=pinguis] Species Pao palustris (Saenjundaeng et al., 2013) - palustris puffer Species Pao suvattii (Sontirat & Soonthornsatit, 1985) - Suvatti's puffer Species Pao turgidus (Kottelat, 2000) - turgidus puffer GENUS Pelagocephalus Tyler & Paxton, 1979 - pufferfishes Species Pelagocephalus marki Heemstra & Smith, 1981 - rippled blaasop GENUS Polyspina Hardy, 1983 - pufferfishes Species Polyspina piosae (Whitley, 1955) - piosae puffer GENUS Reicheltia Hardy, 1982 - pufferfishes Species Reicheltia halsteadi (Whitley, 1957) - Halstead's toadfish GENUS Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepede], 1798 - pufferfishes [=Anchisomus, Cheilichthys, Cirrhisomus, Holocanthus, Liosaccus, Orbidus, Orbis, Spheroides L, Spheroides D, Stenometope, Stenometopus, Thecapteryx] Species Sphoeroides andersonianus Morrow, 1957 - Morrow's puffer Species Sphoeroides angusticeps (Jenyns, 1842) - narrowheaded puffer Species Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns, 1842) - bullseye puffer [=melanostictus] Species Sphoeroides dorsalis Longley, 1934 - marbled puffer Species Sphoeroides georgemilleri Shipp, 1972 - Shipp's puffer Species Sphoeroides greeleyi Gilbert, 1900 - green puffer Species Sphoeroides kendalli Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 - slick puffer Species Sphoeroides lispus Walker, in Walker & Bussing, 1996 - naked puffer Species Sphoeroides lobatus (Steindachner, 1870) - longnose puffer Species Sphoeroides maculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - Northern puffer [=turgidus] Species Sphoeroides marmoratus (Lowe, 1838) - Guinean puffer [=laevissimus] Species Sphoeroides nephelus (Goode & Bean, 1882) - Southern puffer Species Sphoeroides pachygaster (Muller & Troschel, 1848) - blunthead puffer [=aerobaticus, cutaneus, dubius, joani, lioderma] Species Sphoeroides parvus Shipp & Yerger, 1969 - least puffer Species Sphoeroides rosenblatti Bussing, in Walker & Bussing, 1996 - Rosenblatt's puffer Species Sphoeroides sechurae Hildebrand, 1946 - Peruvian puffer Species Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785) - bandtail puffer Species Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus, 1758) - checkered puffer [=ammocryptus, psittacinus] Species Sphoeroides trichocephalus (Cope, 1870) - pygmy puffer [=fuerthii] Species Sphoeroides tyleri Shipp, 1972 - bearded puffer Species Sphoeroides yergeri Shipp, 1972 - speckled puffer GENUS Tetractenos Hardy, 1983 - pufferfishes [=Aphanacanthus] Species Tetractenos glaber (Freminville, 1813) - smooth toadfish [=liosomus, reticulatus] Species Tetractenos hamiltoni (Richardson, 1846) - Hamilton's smooth toadfish [=insularum] GENUS Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758 - pufferfishes [=Brachycephalus, Lepidorbidus, Orbis, Ovoides, Ovum] Species Tetraodon duboisi Poll, 1959 - Dubois' puffer Species Tetraodon lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Fahaka pufferfish [=fahaka, longicauda, physa, striatus, strigosus] Species Tetraodon mbu Boulenger, 1899 - mbu pufferfish Species Tetraodon miurus Boulenger, 1902 - Congo pufferfish Species Tetraodon pustulatus Murray, 1857 - Cross River pufferfish [=leiogaster] Species Tetraodon schoutedeni Pellegrin, 1926 - Schouteden's puffer GENUS Torquigener Whitley, 1930 - pufferfishes [=Shippofugu, Uranostoma] Species Torquigener albomaculosus Matsuura, 2014 - whitespotted pufferfish Species Torquigener altipinnis (Ogilby, 1891) - altipinnis puffer Species Torquigener andersonae Hardy, 1983 - Anderson's toadfish Species Torquigener balteus Hardy, 1989 - slender blaasop Species Torquigener brevipinnis (Regan, 1903) - brevipinnis puffer Species Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy & Randall, 1983- flavimaculosus puffer Species Torquigener florealis (Cope, 1871) - florealis puffer Species Torquigener gloerfelti Hardy, 1984 - Gloerfelt's puffer Species Torrquigener hicksi Hardy, 1983 - Hick's puffer Species Torquigener hypselogeneion (Bleeker, 1852) - orangespotted toadfish [=guttata, rufopunctatus] Species Torquigener marleyi (Fowler, 1929) - Marley's puffer Species Torquigener pallimaculatus Hardy, 1983 - pallimaculatus puffer Species Torquigener parcuspinus Hardy, 1983 - yelloweyed toadfish Species Torquigener paxtoni Hardy, 1983 - Paxton's puffer Species Torquigener perlevis (Ogilby, 1908)- spineless toadfish Species Torquigener pleurogramma (Regan, 1903) - weeping toadfish [=lacrimosus] Species Torquigener randalli Hardy, 1983 - Randall's puffer Species Torquigener squamicauda (Ogilby, 1910) - brushtail toadfish Species Torquigener tuberculiferus (Ogilby, 1912) - tuberculiferus puffer Species Torquigener vicinus Whitley, 1930 - vicinus puffer Species Torquigener whitleyi (Paradice, in Paradice & Whitley, 1927) - Whitley's toadfish GENUS Tylerius Hardy, 1984 - pufferfishes Species Tylerius spinosissimus (Regan, 1908) - spiny blaasop [=unifasciatus]