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 pufferSphoeroides spengleri

Blackspotted pufferArothron nigropunctatus

Checkered pufferSphoeroides testudineus

Guineafowl pufferArothron meleagris

Immaculate pufferfishArothron immaculatus

Map pufferArothron mappa

Masked pufferArothron diadematus

Narrow lined pufferfishArothron manilensis

Pearl tobyCanthigaster margaritata

Starry pufferfishArothron stellatus

Valentin's sharpnose pufferCanthigaster valentini

White-spotted pufferArothron hispidus
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Blennie clown d'Axelrod
(Ecsenius axelrodi)
(Ecsenius axelrodi)
