Chelonodon

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Chelonodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Chelonodon
J. P. Müller, 1841
Species

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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

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Chelonodon in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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