WoRMS taxon details
Tetraodon pustulatus Murray, 1857
275368 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275368)
accepted
Species
Tetraodon guttifer Rochebrune, 1883 · unaccepted
Tetraodon leiogaster Smith, 1865 · unaccepted
Tetrodon pustulatus (Murray, 1857) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Murray, A. (1857). Notice of a Tetraodon (believed to be new) from Old Calabar. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh.</em> v. 1: 252-253. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Tetraodon pustulatus Murray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275368 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Murray, A. (1857). Notice of a Tetraodon (believed to be new) from Old Calabar. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh.</em> v. 1: 252-253. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tetraodon guttifer Rochebrune, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tetraodon leiogaster Smith, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon pustulatus (Murray, 1857))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tetraodon pustulatus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tetraodon leiogaster Smith, 1865)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tetrodon pustulatus (Murray, 1857))
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tetraodon guttifer Rochebrune, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tetraodon leiogaster Smith, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon pustulatus (Murray, 1857))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tetraodon pustulatus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tetraodon leiogaster Smith, 1865)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tetrodon pustulatus (Murray, 1857))
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
