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Chelonodon Müller, 1841

AphiaID

204381 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204381)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Chelonodon patoca (Hamilton, 1822)

Parent

Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831

Synonymised names

Chelondon · unaccepted (misspelling)

Chelonodontops Smith, 1958 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Chelonodon alvheimi (Psomadakis, Matsuura & Thein, 2018)
Species Chelonodon kappa (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Chelonodon laticeps Smith, 1948
Species Chelonodon leopardus (Day, 1878)
Species Chelonodon patoca (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Chelonodon pleurospilus (Regan, 1919)
Species Chelonodon dapsilis Whitley, 1943 accepted as Leiodon dapsilis (Whitley, 1943)
Species Chelonodon fluviatilis (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Dichotomyctere fluviatilis (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Chelonodon nigroviridis (Marion de Procé, 1822) accepted as Dichotomyctere nigroviridis (Marion de Procé, 1822)
Species Chelonodon potoca (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Chelonodon patoca (Hamilton, 1822) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Chelonodon stellaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798) (misspelling)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chelonodon Müller, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204381 on 2026-09-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-07 06:51:43Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-03-11 10:36:30Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [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]