Chelonodon
| Chelonodon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Chelonodon J. P. Müller, 1841 |
| Type species | |
| Tetrodon kappa Hamilton, 1822 | |
| Species | |
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see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chelonodontops | |
Chelonodon (from Ancient Greek χελώνη (khelṓnē), meaning "turtle", and ὀδούς (odoús), meaning "tooth") is a genus of pufferfishes native to the Indo-Pacific. They are mainly found in coastal regions and estuaries, but sometimes in rivers.
Species and taxonomy
[edit]There are six recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Chelonodon alvheimi (Psomadakis, Matsuura & Thein, 2018)
- Chelonodon kappa (Hamilton, 1822)
- Chelonodon laticeps (J. L. B. Smith, 1948) (Blue-spotted blaasop)
- Chelonodon leopardus (Day, 1878) (Banded leopard blowfish)
- Chelonodon patoca (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Milk-spotted puffer)
- Chelonodon pleurospilus (Regan, 1919) (Blaasop beauty)
- Synonyms
- Chelonodon bengalensis (Habib et al., 2018) (Bengal reticulated puffer)[3] is a synonym of Chelonodon patoca (Hamilton, 1822)[4]
The type species of Chelonodon was Leiodon cutcutia, making it a synonym of Leiodon. As a consequence, Catalog of Fishes and other authorities instead placed the above species in Chelonodontops.[3] FishBase, however, still uses Chelonodon,[2] and therefore the type was changed to C. kappa in 2024.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chelonodon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chelonodon". FishBase. February 2016 version.
- 1 2 Habib, K.A.; A.K. Neogi; J. Oh; Y.-H. Lee; C.-G. Kim (2018). "Chelonodontops bengalensis (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae): A New Species of Puffer Fish from the Northern Bay of Bengal Based on Morphology and DNA Barcode". Ocean Science Journal. 54 (1): 79–86. doi:10.1007/s12601-018-0054-7. S2CID 91952672.
- 1 2 Ralf Britz; Heok Hui Tan; Lukas Rüber (10 October 2024). "Chelonodontops bengalensis Habib et al. 2018, a junior synonym of Tetrodon patoca Hamilton 1822, with a type species designation for Chelonodon Müller 1841". Zootaxa. 5519 (4): 561–570. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5519.4.5. PMID 39645961.
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