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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]
The northern puffer, Sphoeroides spheroides, is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes, found along the Atlantic coast of North America. [2] Unlike many other pufferfish species, the flesh of the northern puffer is not poisonous, although its viscera can contain poison, [1] [2] and high concentrations of toxins have been observed in the skin of Floridian populations.
Binomial name. Lagocephalus lagocephalus. (Linnaeus, 1758) The oceanic puffer, sci-name: Lagocephalus lagocephalus (meaning "rabbit head"), is a pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae, found in all tropical and subtropical oceans, at depths of between 10 and 475 m. Though indigenous to the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans as well as the Sea ...
The map puffer (Arothron mappa), also known as the map pufferfish, scribbled pufferfish, or Kesho-fugu, [2] is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae. The map puffer is typically found in tropical and subtropical waters from the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean. [3] This fish contains tetrodotoxin, a potent and ...
Colomesus asellus. (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1849) Colomesus asellus, the Amazon puffer, asellus puffer, [1] South American freshwater puffer, [2] Peruvian puffer, [3] or Brazilian puffer[4] is a species of pufferfish confined to the Amazon, Essequibo and Orinoco basins in tropical South America. [5] It is a popular aquarium species.
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.
Tetraodon mbu. Boulenger, 1899. 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 well as the east coast of Lake Tanganyika near the Malagarasi River mouth.
Arothron stellatus, also known as the stellate pufferfish, [3] starry puffer, [4] or starry toadfish, [5] is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae. It is found in shallow water in the Indo-Pacific region.