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Tetraodon

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Family
  
Tetraodontidae

Higher classification
  
Pufferfish

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Tetraodontiformes

Scientific name
  
Tetraodon

Rank
  
genus

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Lower classifications
  
Dichotomyctere nigroviridis, Dichotomyctere ocellatus, Fahaka pufferfish, Green pufferfish, Mbu pufferfish

Similar
  
Tetraodon schoutedeni , Tetraodontidae , Pao (fish)

Ikan buntal twin spot puffer fish tetraodon leiurus


Tetraodon is a genus in the pufferfish family (Tetraodontidae) found in freshwater in Africa. It is the type genus of the family and historically included numerous other species; several Asian species were only moved to the genera Dichotomyctere, Leiodon and Pao in 2013.

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Tetraodon Tetraodon Wikipedia

My figure 8 puffer fish vs snail tetraodon biocellatus


Species

There are 6 recognized species in this genus:

Tetraodon Tetraodon nigroviridis Green Spotted Puffer Seriously Fish

  •  Tetraodon duboisi Poll, 1959
  • Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus, 1758 (Fahaka pufferfish, Nile pufferfish, lineatus puffer or globe fish)
  • Tetraodon mbu Boulenger, 1899 (mbu pufferfish or giant pufferfish)
  • Tetraodon miurus Boulenger, 1902 (Congo pufferfish or potato pufferfish)
  • Tetraodon pustulatus A. D. Murray, 1857 (Cross River pufferfish)
  • Tetraodon schoutedeni Pellegrin, 1926

    • Tetraodon Tetraodon cochinchinensis Fang39s Puffer Seriously Fish

    References

    Tetraodon Wikipedia
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