Leiodon

Leiodon
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Tetraodontidae
Genus:	Leiodon; Swainson, 1839
Species:	L. cutcutia
Binomial name
	Leiodon cutcutia; (F. Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms
	For genus: Leisomus Swainson, 1839; Chelonodon J. P. Müller, 1841; Monotrète Bibron, 1855; Monotretus Troschel, 1856; Monotreta Hollard, 1857; For species: Tetraodon cutcutia F. Hamilton, 1822; Leisomus cutcutia (F. Hamilton, 1822); Monotretus cutcutia (F. Hamilton, 1822); Tetrodon caria F. Hamilton, 1822; Tetrodon gularis F. Hamilton, 1822; Monotreta gularis (F. Hamilton, 1822); Leisomus marmoratus Swainson, 1839;

Leiodon cutcutia,^[1] the ocellated pufferfish, is a species of pufferfish native to southern Asia from India to the Malay Archipelago where it is found in various bodies of fresh and brackish waters.^[2] This species grows to a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL.^[2] It is currently the only known member of its genus, but it was included in Tetraodon until 2013.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Kottelat, M. (2013): The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters, Mangroves and Estuaries. Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.
^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Leiodon cutcutia" in FishBase. February 2017 version.

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[Kottelat2013-1] Kottelat, M. (2013): The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters, Mangroves and Estuaries. Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.

[fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Leiodon cutcutia" in FishBase. February 2017 version.

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