Tetraodontidae
Bandtail Puffer
Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785)
Sphoeroides spengleri, the bandtail puffer, is a Caribbean pufferfish ranging from the US to Brazil, growing up to 30 cm long.
Bullseye Puffer
Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns, 1842)
Sphoeroides annulatus, the bullseye puffer, is a pufferfish found in the eastern Pacific from southern California to Peru.
Green Puffer
Sphoeroides greeleyi Gilbert, 1900
Sphoeroides greeleyi is a pufferfish species with no recorded subspecies, described in 1900 by Charles Henry Gilbert.
Longnose Puffer
Sphoeroides lobatus (Steindachner, 1870)
Sphoeroides lobatus, the longnose puffer, is a pufferfish found in Eastern Pacific shallow coastal waters from California to Chile.
Northern Puffer
Sphoeroides maculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Sphoeroides maculatus, the northern puffer, is a club-shaped puffer found in the northwest Atlantic's coastal waters.
Least Puffer
Sphoeroides parvus Shipp & Yerger, 1969
Sphoeroides parvus (least puffer) is the smallest Sphoeroides puffer, native to the Gulf of Mexico, currently listed as Least Concern.
Southern Puffer
Sphoeroides nephelus (Goode & Bean, 1882)
The southern puffer (Sphoeroides nephelus) is a Tetraodontidae pufferfish found in the Caribbean, and possibly off Brazil's coast.
Checkered Puffer
Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphoeroides testudineus, the checkered puffer, is a tetraodontid fish found in coastal habitats from Rhode Island to Brazil.
Guinean Puffer
Sphoeroides marmoratus (Lowe, 1838)
Sphoeroides marmoratus, the Guinean puffer, is a Tetraodontidae pufferfish found mainly in the eastern Atlantic, rarely in the western Mediterranean.
Grey-spotted Puffer
Takifugu alboplumbeus (Richardson, 1845)
Takifugu alboplumbeus, the grey-spotted puffer, is a toxic Indo-Pacific marine pufferfish that grows up to 23 cm SL.
Oblong Blowfish
Takifugu oblongus (Bloch, 1786)
Takifugu oblongus is a Indo-Pacific pufferfish of Tetraodontidae that lives mainly in coastal marine areas and reaches 40 cm in standard length.
Weeping Toadfish
Torquigener pleurogramma (Regan, 1903)
Torquigener pleurogramma, the toxic weeping toadfish, is a tetraodontid fish found in Australian coastal waters.
Flavimaculosus Puffer
Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy & Randall, 1983
Torquigener flavimaculosus is an inflation-capable Tetraodontidae pufferfish native to the Indo-Pacific that has spread to the Mediterranean.
Ambon Toby
Canthigaster amboinensis (Bleeker, 1864)
Canthigaster amboinensis is a small rotund pufferfish found in the tropical Indo-Pacific, rarely studied and hard to distinguish from related species.
Spotted Sharpnose Puffer
Canthigaster punctatissima (Günther, 1870)
Canthigaster punctatissima is a small Eastern Pacific pufferfish species in the family Tetraodontidae that is known to be monogamous.
Hawaiian Crown Toby
Canthigaster coronata (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)
Canthigaster coronata, the crowned toby, is a small fish with distinct color markings that give it its Hawaiian name.
Honeycomb Toby
Canthigaster janthinoptera (Bleeker, 1855)
Canthigaster janthinoptera, the honeycomb toby, is an Indo-Pacific oviparous reef pufferfish that reaches 9 cm in total length.
Hawaiian Spotted Toby
Canthigaster jactator (Jenkins, 1901)
Canthigaster jactator, the Hawaiian whitespotted toby, is an endemic toxic pufferfish of Hawaii's reefs kept in the aquarium trade.
Caribbean Sharpnose Puffer
Canthigaster rostrata (Bloch, 1786)
Canthigaster rostrata, the Caribbean sharp-nose puffer, is a small tetraodontid fish found in Western Atlantic coral reefs.
Macaronesian Toby
Canthigaster capistrata (Lowe, 1839)
Canthigaster capistrata is a toxic pufferfish species native to East Atlantic Macaronesia, identifiable by specific coloration and fin ray counts.
Blacksaddle Toby
Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853)
Canthigaster valentini, Valentin's sharpnose puffer, is a toxic small Indo-Pacific marine pufferfish that serves as a model for Batesian mimicry.
Spotted Toby
Canthigaster solandri (Richardson, 1845)
Canthigaster solandri, the spotted sharpnose puffer, is a poisonous Indo-Pacific pufferfish that inflates to deter predators.
Papuan Toby
Canthigaster papua (Bleeker, 1848)
Canthigaster papua, the Papuan Toby, is distinguished from similar Canthigaster compressa by orange coloration around its mouth.
Whitebelly Toby
Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, 1854)
Canthigaster bennetti is an Indo-Pacific pufferfish that grows 10 cm long and sometimes appears in the aquarium trade.
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