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