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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
Blowfishes in English
Globefishes in English
Puffers in English
Rabbitfishes in English
Swellfishes in English
Toadfishes in English
blowfishes in English
botetes in Spanish
globefishes in English
puffer fishes in language.
puffers in language.
puffers in English
rabbitfishes in English
sphéroïdes in French
swellfishes in English
toadfishes in English
Pufferfishes in English
Pufferfishes in English
kulefiskfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
puffers in English
puffers in English
フグ科 in Japanese
フグ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  3. FishBase
  4. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022.
  5. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022.
  6. 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.
  7. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  8. 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.
  9. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  10. 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.
  11. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  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 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
  14. 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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