Chelonodon

Chelonodon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Tetraodontidae
Genus:	Chelonodon ; J. P. Müller, 1841
Type species
	Tetrodon kappa; Hamilton, 1822
Species
	see text
Synonyms
	Chelonodontops

Last updated March 29, 2025

Chelonodon is a genus of pufferfishes native to the Indo-Pacific. They are mainly found in coastal regions and estuaries, but sometimes in rivers.

Species and taxonomy

There are six recognized species in this genus:^[1]^[2]

Chelonodon alvheimi (Psomadakis, Matsuura & Thein, 2018)
Chelonodon kappa (Hamilton, 1822)
Chelonodon laticeps (J. L. B. Smith, 1948) (Blue-spotted blaasop)
Chelonodon leopardus (Day, 1878) (Banded leopard blowfish)
Chelonodon patoca (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Milk-spotted puffer)
Chelonodon pleurospilus (Regan, 1919) (Blaasop beauty)

Synonyms

Chelonodon bengalensis (Habib et al., 2018) (Bengal reticulated puffer)^[3] is a synonym of Chelonodon patoca(Hamilton, 1822)^[4]

The type species of Chelonodon was Leiodon cutcutia , making it a synonym of Leiodon . As a consequence, Catalog of Fishes and other authorities instead placed the above species in Chelonodontops.^[3] FishBase, however, still uses Chelonodon^[2], and therefore the type was changed to C. kappa in 2024.^[4]

References

↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chelonodon". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 28 March 2025.
1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chelonodon". FishBase . February 2016 version.
1 2 Habib, K.A.; A.K. Neogi; J. Oh; Y.-H. Lee; C.-G. Kim (2018). "Chelonodontops bengalensis (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae): A New Species of Puffer Fish from the Northern Bay of Bengal Based on Morphology and DNA Barcode". Ocean Science Journal. 54 (1): 79–86. doi:10.1007/s12601-018-0054-7. S2CID 91952672.
1 2 Ralf Britz; Heok Hui Tan; Lukas Rüber (10 October 2024). "Chelonodontops bengalensis Habib et al. 2018, a junior synonym of Tetrodon patoca Hamilton 1822, with a type species designation for Chelonodon Müller 1841". Zootaxa. 5519 (4): 561–570. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5519.4.5. PMID 39645961.

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[1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chelonodon". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 28 March 2025.

[FishBase-2] 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chelonodon". FishBase . February 2016 version.

[Habib2018-3] 1 2 Habib, K.A.; A.K. Neogi; J. Oh; Y.-H. Lee; C.-G. Kim (2018). "Chelonodontops bengalensis (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae): A New Species of Puffer Fish from the Northern Bay of Bengal Based on Morphology and DNA Barcode". Ocean Science Journal. 54 (1): 79–86. doi:10.1007/s12601-018-0054-7. S2CID 91952672.

[type-4] 1 2 Ralf Britz; Heok Hui Tan; Lukas Rüber (10 October 2024). "Chelonodontops bengalensis Habib et al. 2018, a junior synonym of Tetrodon patoca Hamilton 1822, with a type species designation for Chelonodon Müller 1841". Zootaxa. 5519 (4): 561–570. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5519.4.5. PMID 39645961.

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