Toado is a common name for a variety of species of

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% ...

in the family

Tetraodontidae 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, swellfi ...

, including: * Common toado (also toado or common toadfish), ''Tetractenos hamiltoni''Australian Faunal Directory: Tetractenos hamiltoni.
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Clown toado The clown toado (''Canthigaster callisterna'') a pufferfish of the genus ''Canthigaster'', is found in the southwest Pacific Ocean including Australia, the northeast coast of New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island countr ...

, ''Canthigaster callisterna'' * Smooth toado (also smooth toadfish), ''Tetractenos glaber''Australian Faunal Directory: Tetractenos glaber.
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Starry toado The starry toado (''Arothron firmamentum'') is a pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variousl ...

, ''Arothron firmamentum''

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Fishbase list of species commonly called "toado"
Fish common names