WoRMS taxon details
Triodon Cuvier, 1829
205828 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205828)
accepted
Genus
- Species Triodon macropterus Lesson, 1831
- Species Triodon bursaris Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Triodon bursarius Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Triodon macropterus Lesson, 1831 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Triodon bursarius Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Triodon macropterus Lesson, 1831 (priority reversal upon prevailing usage)
- Species Triodon macroptrus Lesson, 1831 accepted as Triodon macropterus Lesson, 1831 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Triodon Cuvier, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205828 on 2026-01-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Threetooth puffer | [details] |
| Japanese | ウチワフグ属 | [details] |
| Russian | Триодон | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Catalog of Fishes
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Triodon)
To NHMUK collection (Triodon Cuvier, 1829; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2939777)
To ITIS
To Catalog of Fishes
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Triodon)
To NHMUK collection (Triodon Cuvier, 1829; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2939777)
To ITIS
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