Tetraodon

Tetraodon
Giant freshwater pufferfish Tetraodon mbu
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Tetraodontidae
Genus:	Tetraodon
Species
See text.

Tetraodon is the largest genus in the pufferfish family (Tetraodontidae). Its members have a wide distribution, from Africa to Southeast Asia.

Species

• Tetraodon abei Roberts, 1998
• Tetraodon baileyi Sontirat, 1989
• Tetraodon barbatus Roberts, 1998
• Eyespot pufferfish or figure 8 pufferfish, Tetraodon biocellatus Tirant, 1885
• Tetraodon cambodgiensis Chabanaud, 1923
• Tetraodon cochinchinensis (Steindachner, 1866)
• Ocellated pufferfish or common pufferfish, Tetraodon cutcutia Hamilton, 1822
• Tetraodon duboisi Poll, 1959
• Red-striped toadfish, Tetraodon erythrotaenia Bleeker, 1853
• Green pufferfish, Tetraodon fluviatilis Hamilton, 1822
• Tetraodon implutus Jenyns, 1842
• Tetraodon kretamensis Inger, 1953
• Tetraodon leiurus Bleeker, 1851
• Fahaka pufferfish or Nile puffer, Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus, 1758
• Mbu pufferfish or giant freshwater pufferfish, Tetraodon mbu Boulenger, 1899
• Congo puffer or potato puffer, Tetraodon miurus Boulenger, 1902
• Green spotted puffer, Tetraodon nigroviridis Marion de Procé, 1822
• King Kong pufferfish or humpback pufferfish, Tetraodon palembangensis Bleeker, 1852
• Redline pufferfish, Tetraodon pustulatus Murray, 1857
• Tetraodon sabahensis Dekkers, 1975
• Tetraodon schoutedeni Pellegrin, 1926
• Tetraodon suvattii Sontirat, 1989
• Tetraodon waandersii Bleeker, 1853

References

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Species of Tetraodon in FishBase. May 2006 version.