WoRMS taxon details
Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831
- Genus Amblyrhynchote Bibron in Duméril, 1855
- 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 - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Arothtron accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- 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 - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- 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 - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- 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. (2025). FishBase. Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125612 on 2025-05-16
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Nomenclature
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]
Taxonomy
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]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., 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]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
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)
To ITIS
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)
To ITIS
