Kinds of Fish

Species listed are from www.fishbase.org

Scientific name -- Other names
Tetraodontidae -- Puffers
   Amblyrhynchotes honckenii (Bloch, 1785) -- Evileye Blaasop
   Amblyrhynchotes rufopunctatus Li, 1962
   Arothron caeruleopunctatus Matsuura, 1994 -- Blue-spotted Puffer
   Arothron carduus (Cantor, 1849)
   Arothron diadematus (Rüppell, 1829) -- Masked Puffer
   Arothron firmamentum (Temminck and Schlegel, 1850) -- Starry Toado
   Arothron gillbanksii (Clarke, 1897)
   Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- White-spotted Puffer
   Arothron immaculatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- Immaculate Puffer
   Arothron inconditus Smith, 1958 -- Bellystriped Blaasop
   Arothron leopardus (Day, 1878) -- Banded Leopardblowfish
   Arothron manilensis -- Narrow-lined Puffer
   Arothron mappa (Lesson, 1831) -- Map Puffer
   Arothron meleagris (Lacepede, 1798) -- Guineafowl Puffer
   Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- Blackspotted Puffer
   Arothron reticularis (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- Reticulated Pufferfish
   Arothron stellatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- Starry Toadfish
   Auriglobus amabilis (Roberts, 1982)
   Auriglobus modestus (Bleeker, 1851)
   Auriglobus nefastus (Roberts, 1982) -- Greenbottle Pufferfish
   Auriglobus remotus (Roberts, 1982)
   Canthigaster amboinensis (Bleeker, 1865) -- Spider-eye Puffer
   Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, 1854) -- Bennetts Sharpnose Puffer
   Canthigaster callisterna (Ogilby, 1889) -- Clown Toado
   Canthigaster capistrata (Lowe, 1839) -- Macaronesian Sharpnose-puffer
   Canthigaster compressa -- Compressed Toby
   Canthigaster coronata (Vaillant and Sauvage, 1875) -- Crowned Puffer
   Canthigaster cyanetron Randall and Cea Egaña, 1989
   Canthigaster epilampra (Jenkins, 1903) -- Lantern Toby
   Canthigaster figueiredoi Moura and Castro, 2002 -- Southern Atlantic Sharpnose-puffer
   Canthigaster flavoreticulata Matsuura, 1986
   Canthigaster inframacula Allen and Randall, 1977
   Canthigaster investigatoris (Annandale and Jenkins, 1910)
   Canthigaster jactator (Jenkins, 1901) -- Hawaiian Whitespotted Toby
   Canthigaster jamestyleri Moura and Castro, 2002
   Canthigaster janthinoptera (Bleeker, 1855) -- Honeycomb Toby
   Canthigaster leoparda Lubbock and Allen, 1979 -- Leopard Sharpnose Puffer
   Canthigaster margaritata (Rüppell, 1829)
   Canthigaster marquesensis Allen and Randall, 1977
   Canthigaster natalensis (Gunther, 1870) -- Natal Toby
   Canthigaster ocellicincta Allen and Randall, 1977 -- Shy Toby
   Canthigaster papua (Bleeker, 1848) -- Papuan Toby
   Canthigaster punctata Matsuura, 1992
   Canthigaster punctatissima (Gunther, 1870) -- Spotted Sharpnosed Puffer
   Canthigaster pygmaea Allen and Randall, 1977 -- Pygmy Toby
   Canthigaster rapaensis Allen and Randall, 1977
   Canthigaster rivulata (Temminck and Schlegel, 1850) -- Brown-lined Puffer
   Canthigaster rostrata (Bloch, 1786) -- Caribbean Sharpnose-puffer
   Canthigaster sanctaehelenae (Gunther, 1870) -- St Helena Sharpnose Pufferfish
   Canthigaster smithae Allen and Randall, 1977 -- Bicolored Toby
   Canthigaster solandri (Richardson, 1845) -- Spotted Sharpnose
   Canthigaster supramacula Moura and Castro, 2002 -- West African Sharpnose-puffer
   Canthigaster tyleri Allen and Randall, 1977 -- Tylers Toby
   Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853) -- Valentinnis Sharpnose Puffer
   Carinotetraodon borneensis (Regan, 1903)
   Carinotetraodon imitator Britz and Kottelat, 1999
   Carinotetraodon irrubesco Tan, 1999
   Carinotetraodon lorteti (Tirant, 1885) -- Redeye Puffer
   Carinotetraodon salivator Lim and Kottelat, 1995
   Carinotetraodon travancoricus (Hora and Nair, 1941) -- Malabar Pufferfish
   Chelonodon laticeps Smith, 1948 -- Bluespotted Blaasop
   Chelonodon patoca (Hamilton, 1822) -- Milkspotted Puffer
   Chelonodon pleurospilus (Regan, 1919) -- Blaasop Beauty
   Chonerhinos silus Roberts, 1982
   Colomesus asellus (Müller and Troschel, 1848) -- Amazon Puffer
   Colomesus psittacus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- Banded Puffer
   Contusus brevicaudus Hardy, 1981
   Contusus richei (Fréminville, 1813) -- Prickly Toadfish
   Ephippion guttifer (Bennett, 1831) -- Prickly Puffer
   Feroxodon multistriatus (Richardson, 1854) -- Manystriped Blowfish
   Fugu orbimaculatus (Kuang, Li and Liang, 1984)
   Guentheridia formosa (Gunther, 1870) -- Spotted Puffer
   Javichthys kailolae Hardy, 1985
   Lagocephalus gloveri Abe and Tabeta, 1983
   Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915 -- Diamondback Puffer
   Lagocephalus inermis (Temminck and Schlegel, 1850) -- Smooth Blaasop
   Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- Smooth Puffer
   Lagocephalus lagocephalus_lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Oceanic Puffer
   Lagocephalus lagocephalus_oceanicus Jordan and Evermann, 1903
   Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- Green Rough-backed Puffer
   Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) -- Silverstripe Blaasop
   Lagocephalus spadiceus (Richardson, 1845) -- Half-smooth Golden Pufferfish
   Lagocephalus suezensis Clark and Gohar, 1953
   Lagocephalus wheeleri Abe, Tabeta and Kitahama, 1984
   Liosaccus aerobaticus Whitley, 1928
   Marilyna darwinii (Castelnau, 1873)
   Marilyna meraukensis (de Beaufort, 1955) -- Merauke Toadfish
   Marilyna pleurosticta (Gunther, 1872)
   Monotretus turgidus Kottelat, 2000
   Omegophora armilla (Waite and McCulloch, 1915) -- Ringed Toadfish
   Omegophora cyanopunctata Hardy and Hutchins, 1981
   Pelagocephalus marki Heemstra and Smith, 1981 -- Rippled Blaasop
   Polyspina piosae (Whitley, 1955)
   Reicheltia halsteadi (Whitley, 1957) -- Halsteads Toadfish
   Sphoeroides andersonianus Morrow, 1957
   Sphoeroides angusticeps (Jenyns, 1842) -- Narrow-headed Puffer
   Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns, 1842) -- Bullseye Puffer
   Sphoeroides cheesemanii (Clarke, 1897)
   Sphoeroides dorsalis Longley, 1934 -- Marbled Puffer
   Sphoeroides georgemilleri Shipp, 1972
   Sphoeroides greeleyi (Gilbert, 1900) -- Green Puffer
   Sphoeroides kendalli Meek and Hildebrand, 1928 -- Slick Puffer
   Sphoeroides lispus Walker, 1996
   Sphoeroides lobatus (Steindachner, 1870) -- Longnose Puffer
   Sphoeroides maculatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- Northern Puffer
   Sphoeroides marmoratus (Lowe, 1838) -- Guinean Puffer
   Sphoeroides nephelus (Goode and Bean, 1882) -- Southern Puffer
   Sphoeroides nitidus Griffin, 1921
   Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller and Troschel, 1848) -- Blunthead Puffer
   Sphoeroides parvus Shipp and Yerger, 1969 -- Least Puffer
   Sphoeroides rosenblatti Bussing, 1996
   Sphoeroides sechurae Hildebrand, 1946 -- Peruvian Puffer
   Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785) -- Bandtail Puffer
   Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Checkered Puffer
   Sphoeroides trichocephalus (Cope, 1870) -- Pygmy Puffer
   Sphoeroides tyleri Shipp, 1972 -- Bearded Puffer
   Sphoeroides yergeri Shipp, 1972 -- Speckled Puffer
   Takifugu alboplumbeus (Richardson, 1845)
   Takifugu bimaculatus (Richardson, 1845)
   Takifugu chinensis (Abe, 1949)
   Takifugu chrysops (Hilgendorf, 1879)
   Takifugu coronoidus Ni and Li, 1992
   Takifugu exascurus (Jordan and Snyder, 1901)
   Takifugu flavidus (Li, Wang and Wang, 1975)
   Takifugu niphobles (Jordan and Snyder, 1901)
   Takifugu oblongus (Bloch, 1786) -- Lattice Blaasop
   Takifugu obscurus (Abe, 1949)
   Takifugu ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
   Takifugu pardalis (Temminck and Schlegel, 1850)
   Takifugu poecilonotus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1850)
   Takifugu porphyreus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1850) -- Purple Puffer
   Takifugu pseudommus (Chu, 1935)
   Takifugu radiatus (Abe, 1947)
   Takifugu reticularis (Tien, Chen and Wang, 1975)
   Takifugu rubripes (Temminck and Schlegel, 1850) -- Torafugu
   Takifugu snyderi (Abe, 1988)
   Takifugu stictonotus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1850)
   Takifugu vermicularis (Temminck and Schlegel, 1850)
   Takifugu xanthopterus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1850)
   Tetractenos glaber (Fréminville, 1813) -- Smooth Toadfish
   Tetractenos hamiltoni (Richardson, 1846)
   Tetraodon abei Roberts, 1998
   Tetraodon baileyi Sontirat, 1989
   Tetraodon barbatus Roberts, 1998
   Tetraodon biocellatus Tirant, 1885 -- Eyespot Pufferfish
   Tetraodon cambodgiensis Chabanaud, 1923
   Tetraodon cochinchinensis (Steindachner, 1866)
   Tetraodon cutcutia Hamilton, 1822 -- Ocellated Pufferfish
   Tetraodon duboisi Poll, 1959
   Tetraodon erythrotaenia Bleeker, 1853 -- Red-striped Toadfish
   Tetraodon fluviatilis Hamilton, 1822 -- Green Pufferfish
   Tetraodon implutus Jenyns, 1842
   Tetraodon kretamensis Inger, 1953
   Tetraodon leiurus Bleeker, 1851
   Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus, 1758 -- Globe Fish
   Tetraodon mbu Boulenger, 1899 -- Fresh Water Puffer Fish
   Tetraodon miurus Boulenger, 1902
   Tetraodon nigroviridis -- Spotted Green Pufferfish
   Tetraodon palembangensis Bleeker, 1852
   Tetraodon pustulatus Murray, 1857
   Tetraodon sabahensis Dekkers, 1975
   Tetraodon schoutedeni Pellegrin, 1926
   Tetraodon suvattii Sontirat, 1989
   Tetraodon waandersii Bleeker, 1853
   Torquigener altipinnis (Ogilby, 1891)
   Torquigener andersonae Hardy, 1983 -- Andersons Toadfish
   Torquigener balteus Hardy, 1989 -- Slender Blaasop
   Torquigener brevipinnis (Regan, 1903)
   Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy and Randall, 1983
   Torquigener florealis (Cope, 1871)
   Torquigener gloerfelti Hardy, 1984
   Torquigener hicksi Hardy, 1983 -- Hicks Toadfish
   Torquigener hypselogeneion (Bleeker, 1852) -- Orange-spotted Toadfish
   Torquigener pallimaculatus Hardy, 1983
   Torquigener parcuspinus Hardy, 1983 -- Yellow-eyed Toadfish
   Torquigener paxtoni Hardy, 1983
   Torquigener perlevis (Ogilby, 1908) -- Spineless Toadfish
   Torquigener pleurogramma (Regan, 1903) -- Weeping Toado
   Torquigener randalli Hardy, 1983
   Torquigener squamicauda (Ogilby, 1910) -- Brush-tail Toadfish
   Torquigener tuberculiferus (Ogilby, 1912)
   Torquigener vicinus Whitley, 1930
   Torquigener whitleyi (Paradice, 1927) -- Whitleys Toadfish
   Tylerius spinosissimus (Regan, 1908) -- Spiny Blaasop
   Xenopterus naritus (Richardson, 1848)

Updated: 2015-05-06 21:40:39

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