Chelonodon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chelonodon | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Tetraodontidae |
Genus: | Chelonodon J. P. Müller, 1841 |
Species | |
see text | |
Chelonodon is a genus of pufferfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species
There are about three recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Chelonodon laticeps J. L. B. Smith, 1948 (blue-spotted blaasop)
- Chelonodon patoca (F. Hamilton, 1822) (milk-spotted puffer)
- Chelonodon pleurospilus (Regan, 1919) (blaasop beauty)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Chelonodon in FishBase. October 2012 version.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.