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Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831

125612  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125612)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Tetraodontiformes (Order)
  11. Tetraodontidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Amblyrhynchotes Troschel, 1856
  2. Genus Arothron Müller, 1841
  3. Genus Canthigaster Swainson, 1839
  4. Genus Chelonodon Müller, 1841
  5. Genus Chelonodontops Smith, 1958
  6. Genus Colomesus Gill, 1884
  7. Genus Contusus Whitley, 1947
  8. Genus Dichotomyctere Duméril, 1855
  9. Genus Ephippion Bibron, 1855
  10. Genus Feroxodon Su, Hardy & Tyler, 1986
  11. Genus Fugu Abe, 1952
  12. Genus Guentheridia Gilbert & Starks, 1904
  13. Genus Javichthys Hardy, 1985
  14. Genus Lagocephalus Swainson, 1839
  15. Genus Leiodon Swainson, 1839
  16. Genus Marilyna Hardy, 1982
  17. Genus Monotrete Bibron, 1855
  18. Genus Omegophora Whitley, 1934
  19. Genus Pelagocephalus Tyler & Paxton, 1979
  20. Genus Polyspina Hardy, 1983
  21. Genus Reicheltia Hardy, 1982
  22. Genus Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798
  23. Genus Takifugu Abe, 1949
  24. Genus Tetractenos Hardy, 1983
  25. Genus Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758
  26. Genus Tetrodon
  27. Genus Torquigener Whitley, 1930
  28. Genus Tylerius Hardy, 1984
  29. Genus Xenopterus Troschel, 1856
  30. Genus Amblyrhinchotes accepted as Amblyrhynchotes Troschel, 1856 (misspelling)
  31. Genus Amblyrhinchotus accepted as Amblyrhynchotes Troschel, 1856 (misspelling)
  32. Genus Anchisomus Richardson, 1854 accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798
  33. Genus Aphanacanthe Bibron in Duméril, 1855 accepted as Aphanacanthus Troschel (ex Bibron), 1856
  34. Genus Aphanacanthus Troschel (ex Bibron), 1856 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  35. Genus Arothon accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  36. Genus Arothtron accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  37. Genus Boesemanichthys Abe, 1952 accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841
  38. Genus Canthogaster accepted as Canthigaster Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
  39. Genus Cathigaster accepted as Canthigaster Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
  40. Genus Cathingaster accepted as Canthigaster Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
  41. Genus Cheilichthys Müller, 1841 accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798
  42. Genus Chelichthys accepted as Cheilichthys Müller, 1841 accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  43. Genus Chelondon accepted as Chelonodon Müller, 1841 (misspelling)
  44. Genus Crayracion Bleeker (ex Klein), 1865 accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798 (synonym)
  45. Genus Dibolomycter accepted as Dilobomycter Troschel (ex Bibron), 1856 accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841 (misspelling)
  46. Genus Dibolomyctère accepted as Dilobomycter Troschel (ex Bibron), 1856 accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841 (database artefact)
  47. Genus Dichotomycter Troschel (ex Bibron), 1856 accepted as Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  48. Genus Dilobmycterus accepted as Dilobomycter Troschel (ex Bibron), 1856 accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841 (misspelling)
  49. Genus Dilobomycter Troschel (ex Bibron), 1856 accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841 (synonym)
  50. Genus Dilobomycterus accepted as Dilobomycter Troschel (ex Bibron), 1856 accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841 (misspelling)
  51. Genus Eumycterias Jenkins, 1901 accepted as Canthigaster Swainson, 1839
  52. Genus Gastrophysis accepted as Gastrophysus Müller, 1843 accepted as Takifugu Abe, 1949 (misspelling)
  53. Genus Hemiconiatus Günther, 1870 accepted as Ephippion Bibron, 1855
  54. Genus Kanduka Hora, 1925 accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841
  55. Genus Leisomus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798 (synonym)
  56. Genus Liosaccus Günther, 1870 accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798 (synonym)
  57. Genus Monotreta accepted as Monotretus Troschel, 1856 accepted as Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
  58. Genus Monotretus Troschel, 1856 accepted as Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758
  59. Genus Pleudranacanthus accepted as Pleuranacanthus Bleeker, 1865 accepted as Lagocephalus Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
  60. Genus Pleuranacanthus Bleeker, 1865 accepted as Lagocephalus Swainson, 1839 (synonym)
  61. Genus Psilonotus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Canthigaster Swainson, 1839
  62. Genus Sphaeroides accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798 (misspelling)
  63. Genus Spheroides Lacepède, 1800 accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798 (synonym)
  64. Genus Spheroldes [sic] accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798
  65. Genus Sphoerodon Rüppell, 1838 accepted as Monotaxis Anonymous [Bennett], 1830
  66. Genus Takyfugu accepted as Takifugu Abe, 1949 (misspelling)
  67. Genus Tetracon accepted as Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  68. Genus Thecapteryx Fowler, 1948 accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798
  69. Genus Torguigener accepted as Torquigener Whitley, 1930 (misspelling)
  70. Genus Tropidichthys Bleeker, 1854 accepted as Canthigaster Swainson, 1839
  71. Genus Uranostoma Bleeker, 1865 accepted as Spheroides Lacepède, 1800 accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798
  72. Genus Ovoides Anonymous, 1798 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Chiefly marine. Many going into and inhabiting brackish and freshwater. Distribution: tropical and subtropical areas of...  
Description Chiefly marine. Many going into and inhabiting brackish and freshwater. Distribution: tropical and subtropical areas of Atlantic, Indian and Pacific. Naked or with short prickles in belly. Jaw teeth fused but separated by a median suture in each jaw, giving rise to 4 fused teeth. Opposite dentaries and premaxillaries separate at midline. Usually 7-18 dorsal soft rays. Anal soft rays usually 7-18. Ribs and epipleurals lacking. Moderately forked to rounded caudal fin. Principal caudal fin rays 10; procurrent rays lacking. Attains 90 cm maximum length. Some puffers contain tetraodotoxin, especially in the viscera; in the gonads of some during spawning season. European Community legislation prohibits trading with puffer fish products. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125612 on 2024-11-21
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van der Land, Jacob
2015-04-17 08:48:21Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

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taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Description Chiefly marine. Many going into and inhabiting brackish and freshwater. Distribution: tropical and subtropical areas of Atlantic, Indian and Pacific. Naked or with short prickles in belly. Jaw teeth fused but separated by a median suture in each jaw, giving rise to 4 fused teeth. Opposite dentaries and premaxillaries separate at midline. Usually 7-18 dorsal soft rays. Anal soft rays usually 7-18. Ribs and epipleurals lacking. Moderately forked to rounded caudal fin. Principal caudal fin rays 10; procurrent rays lacking. Attains 90 cm maximum length. Some puffers contain tetraodotoxin, especially in the viscera; in the gonads of some during spawning season. European Community legislation prohibits trading with puffer fish products. [details]
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English puffers  [details]
Japanese フグ科  [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tetraodontidae) 
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tetraodontidae USNM 404146 photograph lateral view) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tetraodontidae USNM 404147 photograph lateral view) 
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Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tetraodontidae USNM 404146 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tetraodontidae USNM 404146 photograph lateral view)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tetraodontidae USNM 404147 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tetraodontidae USNM 404147 photograph lateral view)
Hosted externally
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