Sealife guideThe Tetraodontidae familyThe taxonomy of marine species
Explore the taxonomy of the sea vertebrates including the cetaceans like the whales or the dolphins, the sea birds, the fish, the sharks and the sea turtles !

Bandtail puffer
(Sphoeroides spengleri)
(Sphoeroides spengleri)

Blackspotted puffer
(Arothron nigropunctatus)
(Arothron nigropunctatus)

Checkered puffer
(Sphoeroides testudineus)
(Sphoeroides testudineus)

Guineafowl puffer
(Arothron meleagris)
(Arothron meleagris)

Immaculate pufferfish
(Arothron immaculatus)
(Arothron immaculatus)

Map puffer
(Arothron mappa)
(Arothron mappa)

Masked puffer
(Arothron diadematus)
(Arothron diadematus)

Narrow lined pufferfish
(Arothron manilensis)
(Arothron manilensis)

Pearl toby
(Canthigaster margaritata)
(Canthigaster margaritata)

Starry pufferfish
(Arothron stellatus)
(Arothron stellatus)

Valentin's sharpnose puffer
(Canthigaster valentini)
(Canthigaster valentini)

White-spotted puffer
(Arothron hispidus)
(Arothron hispidus)
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(Rhinobatos lentiginosus)
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