Chelonodon

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Chelonodon
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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[]

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Chelonodon in FishBase. February 2016 version.
  2. ^ 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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