''Tetraodon'' is a

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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, ...

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Dichotomyctere ''Dichotomyctere'' is a genus of relatively small pufferfish found in both fresh and brackish waters in South Asia, south and southeast Asia. Its species were generally included in the genus ''Tetraodon'' until 2013.Maurice Kottelat, Kottelat, M. ...

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Leiodon ''Leiodon'' is a genus of pufferfish 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, ...

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Species

There are 6 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Tetraodon duboisi ''Tetraodon duboisi'' is a species of pufferfish endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo where it is known only from Stanley Pool. Some sources speculate that they are critically endangered in the wild, but that theory is difficult to ver ...

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, 1959 * ''

Tetraodon lineatus ''Tetraodon'' is a genus in the pufferfish family (Tetraodontidae) found in freshwater in Africa. It is the type genus of the family and historically included numerous other species; several Asian species were moved to the genera '' Dichotomycter ...

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...

(Fahaka pufferfish, Nile pufferfish, lineatus puffer or globe fish) * ''

Tetraodon mbu The Mbu pufferfish, also known as Mbuna pufferfish, giant pufferfish, or giant freshwater pufferfish (''Tetraodon mbu''), is a carnivorous freshwater pufferfish originating from the middle and lower sections of the Congo River in Africa, as wel ...

'' Boulenger, 1899 (mbu pufferfish or giant pufferfish) * ''

Tetraodon miurus ''Tetraodon'' is a genus in the pufferfish family (biology), family (Tetraodontidae) found in freshwater in Africa. It is the type genus of the family and historically included numerous other species; several Asian species were moved to the gener ...

'' Boulenger, 1902 (Congo pufferfish or potato pufferfish) * ''

Tetraodon pustulatus The redline pufferfish (''Tetraodon pustulatus'') is a species of pufferfish native to the Cross River in Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the ...

'' A. D. Murray, 1857 (Cross River pufferfish) * ''

Tetraodon schoutedeni ''Tetraodon schoutedeni'' is a species of pufferfish native to Africa's Congo Basin. Growing to a length of , the species features a slightly rounded, globular body plan that tapers into a teardrop towards the tail; a design often seen in puffe ...

'' Pellegrin, 1926

References

Extant Miocene first appearances Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{tetraodontiformes-stub