A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Tetraodontidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Amblyrhynchote honckenii (Bloch, 1785) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amblyrhynchotes rufopunctatus Li, 1962 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arothron carduus (Cantor, 1849) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| masked pufferArothron diadematus (Rüppell, 1829) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Starry toadoArothron firmamentum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arothron manilensis (Marion de Procé, 1822) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| map pufferArothron mappa (Lesson, 1831) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Guineafowl pufferArothron meleagris (Anonymous, 1798) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arothron multilineatus Matsuura, 2016 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Auriglobus amabilis (Roberts, 1982) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Auriglobus nefastus (Roberts, 1982) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Auriglobus remotus (Roberts, 1982) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spider-eye pufferCanthigaster amboinensis (Bleeker, 1864) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bennett's sharpnose pufferCanthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, 1854) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canthigaster compressa (Marion de Procé, 1822) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| crown tobyCanthigaster coronata (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canthigaster cyanospilota Randall, Williams & Rocha, 2008 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canthigaster epilampra (Jenkins, 1903) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canthigaster figueiredoi Moura & Castro, 2002 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canthigaster flavoreticulata Matsuura, 1986 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canthigaster inframacula Allen & Randall, 1977 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canthigaster investigatoris (Annandale & Jenkins, 1910) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| goldface tobyCanthigaster jamestyleri Moura & Castro, 2002 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canthigaster leoparda Lubbock & Allen, 1979 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canthigaster margaritata (Rüppell, 1829) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canthigaster marquesensis Allen & Randall, 1977 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canthigaster ocellicincta Allen & Randall, 1977 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canthigaster papua (Bleeker, 1848) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canthigaster punctata Matsuura, 1992 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| pygmy tobyCanthigaster pygmaea Allen & Randall, 1977 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canthigaster rapaensis Allen & Randall, 1977 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| brown-lined pufferCanthigaster rivulata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bicolored tobyCanthigaster smithae Allen & Randall, 1977 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canthigaster supramacula Moura & Castro, 2002 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canthigaster tyleri Allen & Randall, 1977 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Carinotetraodon borneensis (Regan, 1903) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Carinotetraodon salivator Lim & Kottelat, 1995 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelonodon alvheimi (Psomadakis, Matsuura & Thein, 2018) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelonodon kappa (Hamilton, 1822) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelonodon pleurospilus (Regan, 1919) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chonerhinos naritus (Richardson, 1848) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Contusus brevicaudus Hardy, 1981 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Contusus richei (Fréminville, 1813) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crayracion fluviatilis | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia (Bleeker, 1853) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dichotomyctere fluviatilis (Hamilton, 1822) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dichotomyctere kretamensis (Inger, 1953) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dichotomyctere nigroviridis (Marion de Procé, 1822) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dichotomyctere ocellatus (Steindachner, 1870) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dichotomyctere sabahensis (Dekkers, 1975) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.