Tetraodon
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Tetraodon
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Tetraodon is a genus in the pufferfish family (Tetraodontidae). It has a wide distribution, from Africa to Southeast Asia. The genus includes both marine, brackish water, and freshwater species. Tetraodon nigroviridis has had its genome sequenced.
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:
- Tetraodon barbatus Roberts, 1998 [2]
- Tetraodon biocellatus Tirant, 1885 (eyespot puffer)
- Tetraodon duboisi Poll, 1959
- Tetraodon erythrotaenia Bleeker, 1853 (red-striped toadfish)
- Tetraodon fluviatilis F. Hamilton, 1822 (green puffer)
- Tetraodon implutus Jenyns, 1842
- Tetraodon kretamensis Inger, 1953
- Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus, 1758 (globe fish)
- Tetraodon mbu Boulenger, 1899 (freshwater puffer)
- Tetraodon miurus Boulenger, 1902 (Congo puffer or potato puffer)
- Tetraodon nigroviridis Marion de Procé, 1822 (spotted green pufferfish)
- Tetraodon palustris Saenjundaeng, Vidthayanon & Grudpun, 2013 [3]
- Tetraodon pustulatus A. D. Murray, 1857 (Cross River pufferfish)
- Tetraodon sabahensis Dekkers, 1975
- Tetraodon schoutedeni Pellegrin, 1926
- Tetraodon waandersii Bleeker, 1853
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- ↑ Saenjundaeng, P., Grudpun, C., & Vidthayanon, C. (2013): Validation of Tetraodon barbatus Roberts, 1998, a Freshwater Pufferfish (Family Tetraodontidae) from the Mekong River. Tropical Natural History, 13 (2): 77-85.
- ↑ Saenjundaeng, P., Vidthayanon, C. & Grudpun, C. (2013): Tetraodon palustris , a new freshwater pufferfish (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from the Mekong Basin of Thailand. Zootaxa, 3686 (1): 077–084.
