Chelonodon
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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 five recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Chelonodon bengalensis (Habib et al., 2018)
- Whitley, 1943 (plentiful toby)
- J. L. B. Smith, 1948 (blue-spotted blaasop)
- (F. Hamilton, 1822) (milk-spotted puffer)
- (Regan, 1919) (blaasop beauty)
The type species of Chelonodon is Leiodon cutcutia, making the genus name a synonym. As a consequence, Catalog of Fishes and other authorities instead place the above five species in Chelonodontops.[2] FishBase, however, still uses Chelonodon.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Chelonodon in FishBase. February 2016 version.
- ^ a b 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.
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