Tetraodon | |
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Mbu pufferfish (T. mbu) | |
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Fahaka pufferfish (T. lineatus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Tetraodontidae |
Subfamily: | Tetraodontinae |
Genus: | Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758 |
Type species | |
Tetraodon lineatus | |
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Native distribution of Tetraodon species (both extinct and extant) |
Tetraodon is a genus in the pufferfish family (Tetraodontidae) 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. [2] [3] The genus name comes from Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-), meaning "four", and ὀδούς (odoús), meaning "tooth", [4] referring to the genus' four teeth.
There are 6 recognized species in this genus: [2] [3]