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Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 154803

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Tetraodontidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Tetraodontidae
Synonymised
taxa
  Dichotomycter Troschel (ex Bibron), 1856 (synonym)
Monotreta
Monotretus
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

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 Species Tetraodon cutcutia Hamilton, 1822
Species Tetraodon erythrotaenia Bleeker, 1853
Species Tetraodon fluviatilis Hamilton, 1822
Species Tetraodon implutus Jenyns, 1842
Species Tetraodon leiurus Bleeker, 1851
Species Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Tetraodon mbu Boulenger, 1899
Species Tetraodon nigroviridis Marion de Procé, 1822
Species Tetraodon pustulatus Murray, 1857

Species Tetraodon aerostaticus Jenyns, 1842 accepted as Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)
Species Tetraodon aerostatious Jenyns, 1842 accepted as Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)
Species Tetraodon alboreticulatus Tanaka, 1908 accepted as Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)
Species Tetraodon armilla Waite & McCulloch, 1915 accepted as Omegophora armilla (Waite & McCulloch, 1915)
Species Tetraodon aspilos Bleeker, 1851 accepted as Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Tetraodon basilevskianus Basilewsky, 1855 accepted as Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Tetraodon bicolor Brevoort, 1856 accepted as Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789)
Species Tetraodon blochii Castelnau, 1861 accepted as Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789)
Species Tetraodon calamara Rüppell, 1829 accepted as Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)
Species Tetraodon coronatus Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875 accepted as Canthigaster coronata (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)
Species Tetraodon darwinii Castelnau, 1873 accepted as Marilyna darwinii (Castelnau, 1873)
Species Tetraodon diadematus Rüppell, 1829 accepted as Arothron diadematus (Rüppell, 1829)
Species Tetraodon fahaka Hasselquist, 1762 accepted as Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Tetraodon fasciatus Macleay, 1878 accepted as Marilyna darwinii (Castelnau, 1873)
Species Tetraodon firmamentum Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 accepted as Arothron firmamentum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Tetraodon gillbanksii Clarke, 1897 accepted as Arothron gillbanksii (Clarke, 1897)
Species Tetraodon gronovii Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853)
Species Tetraodon guttifer Rochebrune, 1883 accepted as Tetraodon pustulatus Murray, 1857
Species Tetraodon guttifer (Bennett, 1831) accepted as Ephippion guttifer (Bennett, 1831)
Species Tetraodon hispidus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tetraodon honckenii Bloch, 1785 accepted as Amblyrhynchotes honckenii (Bloch, 1785)
Species Tetraodon hypselogeneion Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Torquigener hypselogeneion (Bleeker, 1852)
Species Tetraodon immaculatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Tetraodon inermis Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 accepted as Lagocephalus inermis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Tetraodon janthinus Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875 accepted as Lagocephalus lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tetraodon kappa Bleeker, 1850 accepted as Chelonodon patoca (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Tetraodon kunhardtii Bleeker, 1850 accepted as Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Tetraodon lacrymatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Arothron meleagris (Anonymous, 1798)
Species Tetraodon laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766) accepted as Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Tetraodon lagocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lagocephalus lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tetraodon leiogaster Smith, 1865 accepted as Tetraodon pustulatus Murray, 1857
Species Tetraodon leopardus Day, 1878 accepted as Arothron leopardus (Day, 1878)
Species Tetraodon lineatum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Tetraodon maculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Sphoeroides maculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Tetraodon mappa Lesson, 1831 accepted as Arothron mappa (Lesson, 1831)
Species Tetraodon margaritatus Rüppell, 1829 accepted as Canthigaster margaritata (Rüppell, 1829)
Species Tetraodon meleagris Anonymous, 1798 accepted as Arothron meleagris (Anonymous, 1798)
Species Tetraodon mola Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tetraodon nigropunctatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Tetraodon oblongus (Bloch, 1786) accepted as Takifugu oblongus (Bloch, 1786)
Species Tetraodon ocellatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Takifugu ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tetraodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848 accepted as Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
Species Tetraodon papua Bleeker, 1848 accepted as Canthigaster papua (Bleeker, 1848)
Species Tetraodon pardalis Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 accepted as Takifugu pardalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Tetraodon parvus Joannis, 1835 accepted as Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Tetraodon patoca Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Chelonodon patoca (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Tetraodon perspicillaris Rüppell, 1829 accepted as Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tetraodon physa Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809 accepted as Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Tetraodon poecilonotus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 accepted as Takifugu poecilonotus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Tetraodon porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 accepted as Takifugu porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Tetraodon potamophilus Bleeker, 1849 accepted as Tetraodon nigroviridis Marion de Procé, 1822
Species Tetraodon punctatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)
Species Tetraodon reticularis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Arothron reticularis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Tetraodon rivulatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 accepted as Canthigaster rivulata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Tetraodon rubripes Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 accepted as Takifugu rubripes (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Tetraodon sazanami Tanaka, 1916 accepted as Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tetraodon scaber Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850 accepted as Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Tetraodon sceleratus Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789)
Species Tetraodon semistriatus Rüppell, 1837 accepted as Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tetraodon simulans Cantor, 1849 accepted as Tetraodon nigroviridis Marion de Procé, 1822
Species Tetraodon sordidus Rüppell, 1829 accepted as Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Tetraodon stellatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)
Species Tetraodon stellatus Anonymous, 1798 accepted as Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)
Species Tetraodon stellatus Shaw, 1804 accepted as Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)
Species Tetraodon stictonotus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 accepted as Takifugu stictonotus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Tetraodon striolatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Canthigaster compressa (Marion de Procé, 1822)
Species Tetraodon testudineus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tetraodon trichocephalus Cope, 1870 accepted as Sphoeroides trichocephalus (Cope, 1870)
Species Tetraodon truncatus Retzius, 1785 accepted as Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776)
Species Tetraodon valentini Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853)
Species Tetraodon vermicularis Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 accepted as Takifugu vermicularis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Tetraodon xanthopterus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 accepted as Takifugu xanthopterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
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2005-04-19 07:59:47Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2013-03-11 16:03:40Z  checked  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154803 on 2013-05-20
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