Tetraodon
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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Tetraodon''
| fossil_range = Middle [[Miocene]] to Present<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Sepkoski
| first = Jack
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
| journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
| volume = 364
| issue =
| pages = p.560
| publisher =
| location =
| date = 2002
| url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
| doi =
| id =
| accessdate = 2008-01-08 }}</ref>
| image = Tetraodon mbu.JPG
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = [[Giant freshwater pufferfish]]<br>''Tetraodon mbu''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| subphylum = [[Vertebrate|Vertebrata]]
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
| ordo = [[Tetraodontiformes]]
| familia = [[Tetraodontidae]]
| genus = '''''Tetraodon'''''
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Tetraodon''''' is the largest [[genus]] in the [[pufferfish]] [[family (biology)|family]] ([[Tetraodontidae]]). Its members have a wide distribution, from [[Africa]] to [[Southeast Asia]].
== Species ==
* ''[[Tetraodon abei]]'' <small>Roberts, 1998</small>
* ''[[Tetraodon baileyi]]'' <small>Sontirat, 1989</small>
* ''[[Tetraodon barbatus]]'' <small>Roberts, 1998</small>
* [[Eyespot pufferfish]] or [[figure 8 pufferfish]], ''[[Tetraodon biocellatus]]'' <small>Tirant, 1885</small>
* ''[[Tetraodon cambodgiensis]]'' <small>Chabanaud, 1923</small>
* ''[[Tetraodon cochinchinensis]]'' <small>(Steindachner, 1866)</small>
* [[Ocellated pufferfish]] or [[common pufferfish]], ''[[Tetraodon cutcutia]]'' <small>[[Francis Buchanan-Hamilton|Hamilton]], 1822</small>
* ''[[Tetraodon duboisi]]'' <small>Poll, 1959</small>
* [[Red-striped toadfish]], ''[[Tetraodon erythrotaenia]]'' <small>Bleeker, 1853</small>
* [[Green pufferfish]], ''[[Tetraodon fluviatilis]]'' <small>Hamilton, 1822</small>
* ''[[Tetraodon implutus]]'' <small>Jenyns, 1842</small>
* ''[[Tetraodon kretamensis]]'' <small>Inger, 1953</small>
* ''[[Tetraodon leiurus]]'' <small>Bleeker, 1851</small>
* [[Fahaka pufferfish]] or [[Nile puffer]], ''[[Tetraodon lineatus]]'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
* [[Mbu pufferfish]] or [[giant freshwater pufferfish]], ''[[Tetraodon mbu]]'' <small>Boulenger, 1899</small>
* [[Congo puffer]] or [[potato puffer]], ''[[Tetraodon miurus]]'' <small>Boulenger, 1902</small>
* [[Green spotted puffer]], ''[[Tetraodon nigroviridis]]'' <small>Marion de Procé, 1822</small>
* [[King Kong pufferfish]] or [[humpback pufferfish]], ''[[Tetraodon palembangensis]]'' <small>Bleeker, 1852</small>
* [[Redline pufferfish]], ''[[Tetraodon pustulatus]]'' <small>Murray, 1857</small>
* ''[[Tetraodon sabahensis]]'' <small>Dekkers, 1975</small>
* ''[[Tetraodon schoutedeni]]'' <small>Pellegrin, 1926</small>
* ''[[Tetraodon suvattii]]'' <small>Sontirat, 1989</small>
* ''[[Tetraodon waandersii]]'' <small>Bleeker, 1853</small>
==References==
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* {{FishBase genus | genus = Tetraodon | month = May | year = 2006}}
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