Other identification tools | FishBase

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae Puffers
Subfamily: Tetraodontinae
Genus: Tetraodon

(See list of species below)


Select Class:     Select Order:   
Select Family: Subfamily:     Select Genus:
Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
                                                          Specify a country:
Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional)

9 species (see list below)

1 of 1 Jump to:
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 13.6 cm SL
 
Tetraodon barbatus
[]
No picture found
Africa
Max. Length 8.7 cm TL
 
Tetraodon duboisi
[]
No picture found
Indian Ocean
 
Tetraodon implutus
[]

Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv

Africa
Max. Length 43 cm TL
Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv
 
Tetraodon lineatus
[Globe fish]

Photo by Germeau, G./ Doumont, Y.

Africa
Max. Length 67 cm TL
Tetraodon mbu Boulenger, 1899

Photo by Germeau, G./ Doumont, Y.
 
Tetraodon mbu
[Fresh water puffer fish]

Photo by Moeremans, L.

Africa
Max. Length 15 cm SL
Tetraodon miurus Boulenger, 1902

Photo by Moeremans, L.
 
Tetraodon miurus
[]

Photo by Moeremans, L.

Africa
Max. Length 36 cm TL
Tetraodon pustulatus Murray, 1857

Photo by Moeremans, L.
 
Tetraodon pustulatus
[]

Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv

Africa
Max. Length 9 cm TL
Tetraodon schoutedeni Pellegrin, 1926

Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv
 
Tetraodon schoutedeni
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 3.6 cm SL
 
Tetraodon waandersii
[]
9 Species of Family Tetraodontidae with Genus Tetraodon
(Puffers)
Sort by: Species Length Year
1 of 1 Jump to:
Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1998 Tetraodon barbatus Asia 13.6 SL
1959 Tetraodon duboisi Africa 8.7 TL
1842 Tetraodon implutus Indian Ocean
1758 Tetraodon lineatus Globe fish Africa 43 TL
1899 Tetraodon mbu Fresh water puffer fish Africa 67 TL
1902 Tetraodon miurus Africa 15 SL
1857 Tetraodon pustulatus Africa 36 TL
1926 Tetraodon schoutedeni Africa 9 TL
1853 Tetraodon waandersii Asia 3.6 SL



Other identification tools in FishBase


Quick Identification
Identification keys
Identification by morphometrics
Identification by pictures:
          If you already know the Family, go to Search FishBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search FishBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search FishBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the ecosystem.
cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013