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Prickly Toadfish
Contusus brevicaudus Hardy, 1981
Contusus brevicaudus is a nocturnal Australian pufferfish, commonly called the p…
Bennett's Puffer
Ephippion guttifer (Bennett, 1831)
The prickly puffer Ephippion guttifer is an 80cm pufferfish from the eastern Atl…
Silver Puffer
Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789)
Lagocephalus sceleratus, the toxic silver-cheeked toadfish, is spreading westwar…
Smooth Puffer
Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Lagocephalus laevigatus, the smooth puffer, is a dangerously toxic Atlantic puff…
Banded Toadfish
Marilyna pleurosticta (Günther, 1872)
Marilyna pleurosticta, the banded toadfish, is an Australian carnivorous pufferf…
Ringed Puffer
Omegophora armilla (Waite & McCulloch, 1915)
The ringed toadfish (Omegophora armilla) is a poisonous carnivorous puffer found…
Bluespotted Toadfish
Omegophora cyanopunctata Hardy & Hutchins, 1981
Omegophora cyanopunctata is an Australian endemic marine pufferfish found from G…
Rippled Blaasop
Pelagocephalus marki Heemstra & Smith, 1981
Pelagocephalus marki, the rippled blaasop, is the only species in the monotypic …
Orangebarred Puffer
Polyspina piosae (Whitley, 1955)
The orangebarred puffer, Polyspina piosae, is a pufferfish species endemic to We…
Smooth Toadfish
Tetractenos glaber (Fréminville, 1813)
Tetractenos glaber, the smooth toadfish, is a toxic pufferfish found in Australi…
Common Toadfish
Tetractenos hamiltoni (Richardson, 1846)
Tetractenos hamiltoni, the common toadfish, is a small toxic pufferfish found ar…
Green Spotted Puffer
Dichotomyctere nigroviridis (Marion de Procé, 1822)
Dichotomyctere nigroviridis, the green spotted puffer, is a toxic pufferfish spe…
Longspined Porcupinefish
Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
Diodon holocanthus is a circumtropical tropical porcupinefish with distinct long…
Spotted Porcupinefish
Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Diodon hystrix, the spot-fin porcupinefish, is a circumglobal tropical and subtr…
Blackblotched Porcupinefish
Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804
The Black-blotched porcupinefish (Diodon liturosus) is a medium-sized, venomous …
Globefish
Diodon nicthemerus Cuvier, 1818
Diodon nicthemerus, the slender-spined porcupine fish, is a 40cm southern Austra…
Spotfin Burrfish
Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chilomycterus reticulatus is a patchily distributed inflatable fish found worldw…
Striped Burrfish
Chilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792)
Chilomycterus schoepfii is a western Atlantic porcupinefish that can inflate its…
Web Burrfish
Chilomycterus antillarum Jordan & Rutter, 1897
Chilomycterus antillarum is a Western Atlantic Diodontidae fish that grows up to…
Brown burrfish
Chilomycterus spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chilomycterus spinosus, the brown burrfish, is a southwestern Atlantic burrfish …
Bridled Burrfish
Chilomycterus antennatus (Cuvier, 1816)
Chilomycterus antennatus is a diodontid fish that inflates and uses spines for d…
Deepwater Burrfish
Allomycterus pilatus Whitley, 1931
Allomycterus pilatus, the deepwater burrfish, is the only known member of its po…
Spotbase Burrfish
Cyclichthys spilostylus (Leis & Randall, 1982)
Cyclichthys spilostylus, the spotbase burrfish, is a nocturnal solitary reef fis…
Shortspine Porcupinefish
Cyclichthys orbicularis (Bloch, 1785)
Cyclichthys orbicularis, the Birdbeak burrfish, is a medium-sized tropical Indo-…
