WoRMS taxon details
Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831
- Genus Amblyrhynchotes Troschel, 1856
- Genus Arothron Müller, 1841
- Genus Canthigaster Swainson, 1839
- Genus Chelonodon Müller, 1841
- Genus Chelonodontops Smith, 1958
- Genus Colomesus Gill, 1884
- Genus Contusus Whitley, 1947
- Genus Dichotomyctere Duméril, 1855
- Genus Ephippion Bibron, 1855
- Genus Feroxodon Su, Hardy & Tyler, 1986
- Genus Fugu Abe, 1952
- Genus Guentheridia Gilbert & Starks, 1904
- Genus Javichthys Hardy, 1985
- Genus Lagocephalus Swainson, 1839
- Genus Leiodon Swainson, 1839
- Genus Marilyna Hardy, 1982
- Genus Monotrete Bibron, 1855
- Genus Omegophora Whitley, 1934
- Genus Pelagocephalus Tyler & Paxton, 1979
- Genus Polyspina Hardy, 1983
- Genus Reicheltia Hardy, 1982
- Genus Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798
- Genus Takifugu Abe, 1949
- Genus Tetractenos Hardy, 1983
- Genus Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Tetrodon
- Genus Torquigener Whitley, 1930
- Genus Tylerius Hardy, 1984
- Genus Xenopterus Troschel, 1856
- Genus Amblyrhinchotes accepted as Amblyrhynchotes Troschel, 1856 (misspelling)
- Genus Amblyrhinchotus accepted as Amblyrhynchotes Troschel, 1856 (misspelling)
- Genus Anchisomus Richardson, 1854 accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798
- Genus Aphanacanthe Bibron in Duméril, 1855 accepted as Aphanacanthus Troschel (ex Bibron), 1856
- Genus Aphanacanthus Troschel (ex Bibron), 1856 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Genus Arothon accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841 (unaccepted > misspelling)
- Genus Arothtron accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841 (unaccepted > misspelling)
- Genus Boesemanichthys Abe, 1952 accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841
- Genus Canthogaster accepted as Canthigaster Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
- Genus Cathigaster accepted as Canthigaster Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
- Genus Cathingaster accepted as Canthigaster Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
- Genus Cheilichthys Müller, 1841 accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798
- Genus Chelichthys accepted as Cheilichthys Müller, 1841 accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798 (unaccepted > misspelling)
- Genus Chelondon accepted as Chelonodon Müller, 1841 (misspelling)
- Genus Crayracion Bleeker (ex Klein), 1865 accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798 (synonym)
- Genus Dibolomycter accepted as Dilobomycter Troschel (ex Bibron), 1856 accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841 (misspelling)
- Genus Dibolomyctère accepted as Dilobomycter Troschel (ex Bibron), 1856 accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841 (database artefact)
- Genus Dichotomycter Troschel (ex Bibron), 1856 accepted as Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Genus Dilobmycterus accepted as Dilobomycter Troschel (ex Bibron), 1856 accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841 (misspelling)
- Genus Dilobomycter Troschel (ex Bibron), 1856 accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841 (synonym)
- Genus Dilobomycterus accepted as Dilobomycter Troschel (ex Bibron), 1856 accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841 (misspelling)
- Genus Eumycterias Jenkins, 1901 accepted as Canthigaster Swainson, 1839
- Genus Gastrophysis accepted as Gastrophysus Müller, 1843 accepted as Takifugu Abe, 1949 (misspelling)
- Genus Hemiconiatus Günther, 1870 accepted as Ephippion Bibron, 1855
- Genus Kanduka Hora, 1925 accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841
- Genus Leisomus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798 (synonym)
- Genus Liosaccus Günther, 1870 accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798 (synonym)
- Genus Monotreta accepted as Monotretus Troschel, 1856 accepted as Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
- Genus Monotretus Troschel, 1856 accepted as Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Pleudranacanthus accepted as Pleuranacanthus Bleeker, 1865 accepted as Lagocephalus Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
- Genus Pleuranacanthus Bleeker, 1865 accepted as Lagocephalus Swainson, 1839 (synonym)
- Genus Psilonotus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Canthigaster Swainson, 1839
- Genus Sphaeroides accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798 (misspelling)
- Genus Spheroides Lacepède, 1800 accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798 (synonym)
- Genus Spheroldes [sic] accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798
- Genus Sphoerodon Rüppell, 1838 accepted as Monotaxis Anonymous [Bennett], 1830
- Genus Takyfugu accepted as Takifugu Abe, 1949 (misspelling)
- Genus Tetracon accepted as Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling)
- Genus Thecapteryx Fowler, 1948 accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798
- Genus Torguigener accepted as Torquigener Whitley, 1930 (misspelling)
- Genus Tropidichthys Bleeker, 1854 accepted as Canthigaster Swainson, 1839
- Genus Uranostoma Bleeker, 1865 accepted as Spheroides Lacepède, 1800 accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798
- 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 2024-04-16
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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 
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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]
[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
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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]
