''Chonerhinos'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

genus of pufferfish, family

Tetraodontidae Tetraodontidae is a family of marine and freshwater fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, blowers, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, ...

. The only species is ''Chonerhinos naritus'', the bronze pufferfish or yellow pufferfish. It is native to

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...

, where it is mainly found in

estuarine An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environm ...

and coastal habitats.Abidin, M.; and A. Bintoro (2015). Kebiasaan Makan Alami Ikan Buntal Kuning (''Chonerhinos naritus'') di Estuari Sungai Indragiri, Riau. Buletin Teknik Litkayasa Sumber Daya dan Penangkapan 13(1): 11–14. This species grows to a length of TL, but otherwise it generally resembles the smaller and more strictly freshwater ''

Auriglobus '' Auriglobus'' is a genus of freshwater tetraodontidae, pufferfishes native to Southeast Asia. They generally resemble ''Chonerhinos'', but are considerably smaller, only reaching up to in length, and are more strongly associated with freshwate ...

'' pufferfish. This predatory species feeds on other fish,

crustacean Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are traditionally a part of the subphylum Crustacea (), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthrop ...

s (both crabs and shrimp) and snails.

Taxonomy

''Chonerhinos naritus'' is the only species in the genus ''Chonerhinos'', but the

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''Xenopterus'' was formerly used instead. At that point the genus name ''Chonerhinos'' was used for the species ''

modestus Modestus was a Roman cognomen. It may refer to: * Julius Modestus (1st century BC), Roman freedman and grammarian * Marcus Mettius Modestus (procurator) (1st century AD), Roman governor of Egypt * Aufidius Modestus (1st century AD), Roman philol ...

'' and its relatives, but this was incorrect and they were moved to ''

'' in 1999.

References

Tetraodontidae Monotypic ray-finned fish genera Freshwater fish of Southeast Asia Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker Fish described in 1854 {{Tetraodontiformes-stub