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Tetraodontidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Tetraodontiformes
family
Tetraodontidae

Name

Synonyms
Gymnodontes
Gymnodontidae
Tettraodontidae
Homonyms
Tetraodontidae
Common names
Baiacus in Portuguese
Balon balığıgiller in Turkish
Blaasoppe in Afrikaans
Blaasops in English
Blowfishes in English
Buntal in Indonesian
Buntek in language.
Globefishes in English
Ikan Buntal in Indonesian
Kogelvissen in Dutch
Kugelfische in German
Kuglefisk in Danish
Peces globo in Spanish
Peixos bola in Catalan–Valencian
Pesci palla in Italian
Poissons-ballon in French
Pufferfish in English
Pufferfishes in English
Pufferfishes in English
Puffers in English
Rabbitfishes in English
Rundkopfkugelfische in German
Sharpnose Pufferfishes in English
Swellfishes in English
Tetraodóntidos in Galician
Toadfishes in English
Tobies in English
Typical Pufferfishes in English
blowfishes in English
blowfishes in English
botetes in Spanish
botetes in Spanish
gaguna in language.
globefishes in English
globefishes in English
kulefiskfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
pallokalat in Finnish
pufferfishes in English
puffers in English
puffers in English
rabbitfishes in English
rabbitfishes in English
rozdymkowate in Polish
sphéroïdes in French
sphéroïdes in French
swellfishes in English
swellfishes in English
toadfishes in English
toadfishes in English
čtverzubcovití in Czech

Bibliographic References

  1. (2023) WoRMS Editorial Board (2023). World Register of Marine Species. 2023-09-20.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. FishBase
  5. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  6. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  7. Klein-MacPhee, Grace / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Puffers: Family Tetraodontidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 598-601.
  8. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  9. Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, et al., eds., 2013: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Seventh Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 34. 243.
  10. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  11. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  12. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  13. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  14. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  15. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
  16. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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