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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, blowers, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, toadfish, toadies, toadle, honey toads, sugar toads, and sea squab. [1]
Tetraodontiformes (/ t ɛ t r ə. ɒ ˈ d ɒ n t ɪ f ɔːr m iː z /), also known as the Plectognathi, is an order of ray-finned fishes which includes the pufferfishes and related taxa. This order has been classified as a suborder of the order Perciformes, although recent studies have found that it, as the Tetraodontoidei, is a sister taxon to the anglerfish order Lophiiformes, called ...
Triodon macropterus ( common name the threetooth puffer and the black-spot keeled pufferfish) is a tetraodontiform fish, the only living species in the genus Triodon and family Triodontidae. [ 1][ 2] Other members of the family are known from fossils stretching back to the Eocene. [ 3] The threetooth puffer was first scientifically described by ...
Monotretus travancoricus. (Hora & K.K. Nair, 1941) The dwarf pufferfish (Carinotetraodon travancoricus), also known as the Malabar pufferfish, pygmy pufferfish, or pea pufferfish, is a small freshwater pufferfish endemic to Kerala and southern Karnataka in Southwest India. They are popular in aquaria for their bright colours and small size.
Pages in category "Tetraodontidae". The following 120 pages are in this category, out of 120 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Tetraodontidae.
Category. : Tetraodontiformes. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tetraodontiformes. The Tetraodontiformes — filefishes and puffers —are ray-finned fishes in order Tetraodontiformes. This category contains subcategories corresponding to the families of this order.
Binomial name. Sphoeroides testudineus. (Linnaeus, 1758) The checkered puffer (Sphoeroides testudineus) is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes. Normal sizes: 4 to 7 in. (10 to 18 cm) Travel / Living Depth: 3– 35 ft. (1-12m). Location and Distribution: Caribbean, The Bahamas, Florida, and Gulf of Mexico.
The smooth toadfish (Tetractenos glaber) is a species of fish in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae. It is native to shallow coastal and estuarine waters of southeastern Australia, where it is widespread and abundant. French naturalist Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville described the species in 1813, though early records confused it ...