Chelonodon

Chelonodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Chelonodon
Species

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Chelonodon is a genus of pufferfishes native to the Indo-Pacific. They are mainly found in coastal regions and estuaries, but sometimes in rivers.

Species

There are four recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Chelonodon dapsilis Whitley, 1943 (plentiful toby)
  • Chelonodon laticeps J. L. B. Smith, 1948 (blue-spotted blaasop)
  • Chelonodon patoca (F. Hamilton, 1822) (milk-spotted puffer)
  • Chelonodon pleurospilus (Regan, 1919) (blaasop beauty)

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Chelonodon in FishBase. February 2016 version.


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