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 moved to the genera Dichotomyctere, Leiodon and Pao in 2013.[2][3]
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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...
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geometric designs. The family name comes from the name of its type genus Tetraodon, it is traced from the Greek words τετρα tetra meaning "four" and ὀδούς...
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Tetraodon schoutedeni is a species of pufferfish native to Africa's Congo Basin. This species grows to a length of 9 cm (3.5 in). This species is named...
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was moved from the genus Tetraodon to Pao. Saenjundaeng, P., Grudpun, C., & Vidthayanon, C. (2013): Validation of Tetraodon barbatus Roberts, 1998, a...
green pufferfish or Ceylon pufferfish (Dichotomyctere fluviatilis, syn. Tetraodon fluviatilis) is a species of pufferfish found in South and Southeast Asia...
in 1964. The smooth toadfish was assigned to the genera Tetrodon (now Tetraodon) and Sphaeroides, both of which became wastebasket taxa. The smooth toadfish...
of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Tetraodon baileyi" in FishBase. October 2012 version. v t e...
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this fish is very aggressive and territorial. Vidthayanon, C. (2012). "Tetraodon abei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. IUCN: e.T187985A1842328...
currently the only known member of its genus, but it was included in Tetraodon until 2013. Kottelat, M. (2013): The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast...
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