Tetraodon


Tetraodon is a genus in the pufferfish family 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. The genus name comes from Ancient Greek τετρα-, meaning "four", and ὀδούς, meaning "tooth", referring to the genus' four teeth.

Species

There are 6 recognized species in this genus:Tetraodon duboisi Poll, 1959Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus, 1758 Tetraodon mbu Boulenger, 1899 Tetraodon miurus Boulenger, 1902 Tetraodon pustulatus A. D. Murray, 1857 Tetraodon schoutedeni Pellegrin, 1926