Chelonodon
Sign in to saveChelonodon (from Ancient Greek χελώνη (khelṓnē), meaning "turtle", and ὀδούς (odoús), meaning "tooth") is a genus of pufferfishes native to the Indo-Pacific. They are mainly found in coastal regions and estuaries, but sometimes in rivers.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderTetraodontiformes
- FamilyTetraodontidae
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- Specimen records
- 13
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
- Collections
- CAS, AM, FMNH, MAGNT, ANSP, WAM
- Recorded in
- Thailand, Australia, India, Oman, Indonesia
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- Tetraodontidae
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- Tetrodon patoca Achilles 182.jpg
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Chelonodon (from Ancient Greek χελώνη (khelṓnē), meaning "turtle", and ὀδούς (odoús), meaning "tooth") is a genus of pufferfishes native to the Indo-Pacific. They are mainly found in coastal regions and estuaries, but sometimes in rivers.
==Species and taxonomy== There are six recognized species in this genus: Chelonodon alvheimi (Psomadakis, Matsuura & Thein, 2018) Chelonodon kappa (Hamilton, 1822) Chelonodon laticeps (J. L. B. Smith, 1948) (Blue-spotted blaasop) Chelonodon leopardus (Day, 1878) (Banded leopard blowfish) Chelonodon patoca (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Milk-spotted puffer) Chelonodon pleurospilus (Regan, 1919) (Blaasop beauty) Synonyms Chelonodon bengalensis (Habib et al., 2018) (Bengal reticulated puffer) is a synonym of Chelonodon patoca
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