''Tetraodon'' is a genus in the

pufferfish Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfis ...

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 only moved to the genera '' Dichotomyctere'', '' Leiodon'' and '' Pao'' in 2013. 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. ''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.''Eschmeyer, W. N., R. Fricke, and R. van der Laan (18 February 2017).
Catalog of Fishes.
' Retrieved 18 February 2017.

Species

There are 6 recognized species in this genus: * '' Tetraodon duboisi'' Poll, 1959 * '' Tetraodon lineatus'' Linnaeus,

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

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, 1899 (mbu pufferfish or giant pufferfish) * '' Tetraodon miurus''

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

Tetraodon pustulatus The redline pufferfish (''Tetraodon pustulatus'') is a species of pufferfish Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called puf ...

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

Tetraodon schoutedeni ''Tetraodon schoutedeni'' is a species of pufferfish native to Africa's Congo Basin. This species grows to a length of . This species is named in honour of the Belgian zoologist Henri Schouteden. In captivity During the 1960s the Tetraodon s ...

'' Pellegrin, 1926

References

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