WoRMS taxon details
Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831
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)
Genus Arothtron accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841 (unaccepted > misspelling)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Genus Arothtron accepted as Arothron Müller, 1841 (unaccepted > misspelling)
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)
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)
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. (2023). FishBase. Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125612 on 2023-10-04
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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]
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]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[request] 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]
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]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
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)
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)
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
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