Tetraodontidae

103 species in this family

The Tetraodontidae family includes 103 species in the guide. Browse them all below with photos, identification details and distribution — and identify them in the field with the Fin's Fish Guide app.

Amazon puffer

Colomesus asellus

Tetraodontidae

Ambon toby

Canthigaster amboinensis

Tetraodontidae

Banded puffer

Colomesus psittacus

Tetraodontidae

Banded sharpnose pufferfish

Canthigaster coronata

Tetraodontidae

Banded toadfish

Marilyna pleurosticta

Tetraodontidae

Banded toadfish

Torquigener pleurogramma

Tetraodontidae

Banded toby

Canthigaster valentini

Tetraodontidae

Bandtail puffer

Sphoeroides spengleri

Tetraodontidae

Barred toadfish

Contusus richei

Tetraodontidae

Bennetti's sharpnose puffer

Canthigaster bennetti

Tetraodontidae

Black spotted blow fish

Arothron nigropunctatus

Tetraodontidae

Black-lined pufferfish

Arothron stellatus

Tetraodontidae

Blackedged blaasop

Arothron immaculatus

Tetraodontidae

Blowfish

Lagocephalus lunaris

Tetraodontidae

Bluespotted puffer

Arothron caeruleopunctatus

Tetraodontidae

Bluespotted toadfish

Omegophora cyanopunctata

Tetraodontidae

Blunthead puffer

Sphoeroides pachygaster

Tetraodontidae

Broad barred puffer

Arothron hispidus

Tetraodontidae

Broadhead puffer

Chelonodon laticeps

Tetraodontidae

Bronze puffer

Chonerhinos naritus

Tetraodontidae

Brown-lined puffer

Canthigaster rivulata

Tetraodontidae

Brownback puffer

Lagocephalus gloveri

Tetraodontidae

Bullseye puffer

Sphoeroides annulatus

Tetraodontidae

Caribbean puffer

Sphoeroides greeleyi

Tetraodontidae

Checkered puffer

Sphoeroides testudineus

Tetraodontidae

Cheek-barred toadfish

Torquigener hypselogeneion

Tetraodontidae

Clown toado

Canthigaster callisterna

Tetraodontidae

Cochinchina puffer

Pao cochinchinensis

Tetraodontidae

Common puffer

Dichotomyctere fluviatilis

Tetraodontidae

Compressed toby

Canthigaster compressa

Tetraodontidae

Congo puffer

Tetraodon miurus

Tetraodontidae

Coral butterfly

Tetraodon lineatus

Tetraodontidae

Cross River puffer

Tetraodon pustulatus

Tetraodontidae

Diamondback puffer

Lagocephalus guentheri

Tetraodontidae

Eclipse puffer

Takifugu ocellatus

Tetraodontidae

Evileye blaasop

Amblyrhynchotes honckenii

Tetraodontidae

False-eye toby

Canthigaster solandri

Tetraodontidae

Figueiredo's sharpnose puffer

Canthigaster figueiredoi

Tetraodontidae

Finepatterned puffer

Takifugu poecilonotus

Tetraodontidae

Fresh water puffer fish

Tetraodon mbu

Tetraodontidae

Giant toadfish

Lagocephalus sceleratus

Tetraodontidae

Golden puffer

Auriglobus modestus

Tetraodontidae

Goldface toby

Canthigaster jamestyleri

Tetraodontidae

Grass puffer

Takifugu niphobles

Tetraodontidae

Green-spotted toby

Canthigaster janthinoptera

Tetraodontidae

Guineafowl blaasop

Arothron meleagris

Tetraodontidae

Guinean puffer

Sphoeroides marmoratus

Tetraodontidae

Half-smooth golden pufferfish

Lagocephalus spadiceus

Tetraodontidae

Halstead's toadfish

Reicheltia halsteadi

Tetraodontidae

Hardys toadfish

Contusus brevicaudus

Tetraodontidae

Hawaiian whitespotted toby

Canthigaster jactator

Tetraodontidae

Hicks' toadfish

Torquigener hicksi

Tetraodontidae

Humpback puffer

Pao palembangensis

Tetraodontidae

Japanese pufferfish

Takifugu rubripes

Tetraodontidae

Lantern toby

Canthigaster epilampra

Tetraodontidae

Lattice blaasop

Takifugu oblongus

Tetraodontidae

Least puffer

Sphoeroides parvus

Tetraodontidae

Lined toado

Arothron reticularis

Tetraodontidae

Longnose puffer

Sphoeroides lobatus

Tetraodontidae

Macaronesian sharpnose puffer

Canthigaster capistrata

Tetraodontidae

Map puffer

Arothron mappa

Tetraodontidae

Marbled puffer

Sphoeroides dorsalis

Tetraodontidae

Marbled puffer

Sphoeroides kendalli

Tetraodontidae

Mekong puffer

Pao turgidus

Tetraodontidae

Milkspotted puffer

Chelonodon patoca

Tetraodontidae

Naked puffer

Sphoeroides lispus

Tetraodontidae

Narrow-headed puffer

Sphoeroides angusticeps

Tetraodontidae

Narrow-lined puffer

Arothron manilensis

Tetraodontidae

Northern puffer

Sphoeroides maculatus

Tetraodontidae

Oceanic puffer

Lagocephalus lagocephalus

Tetraodontidae

Ocellated pufferfish

Leiodon cutcutia

Tetraodontidae

Panther puffer

Takifugu pardalis

Tetraodontidae

Pear puffer

Takifugu vermicularis

Tetraodontidae

Peruvian puffer

Sphoeroides sechurae

Tetraodontidae

Prickly puffer

Ephippion guttifer

Tetraodontidae

Puffer

Sphoeroides nephelus

Tetraodontidae

Pufferfish

Canthigaster margaritata

Tetraodontidae

Pygmy puffer

Sphoeroides trichocephalus

Tetraodontidae

Randall's toadfish

Torquigener randalli

Tetraodontidae

Redeye puffer

Carinotetraodon lorteti

Tetraodontidae

Ringed pufferfish

Omegophora armilla

Tetraodontidae

Rosenblatt's puffer

Sphoeroides rosenblatti

Tetraodontidae

Scalytail toadfish

Torquigener squamicauda

Tetraodontidae

Sharpnose puffer

Canthigaster rostrata

Tetraodontidae

Sharpnose puffer

Canthigaster investigatoris

Tetraodontidae

Shortfin puffer

Torquigener brevipinnis

Tetraodontidae

Smooth blaasop

Lagocephalus inermis

Tetraodontidae

Smooth puffer

Lagocephalus laevigatus

Tetraodontidae

Smooth toadfish

Tetractenos glaber

Tetraodontidae

Smooth-tailed puffer

Pao leiurus

Tetraodontidae

Speckled puffer

Sphoeroides yergeri

Tetraodontidae

Spiny blaasop

Tylerius spinosissimus

Tetraodontidae

Spotback toby

Canthigaster supramacula

Tetraodontidae

Spotflank puffer

Chelonodon pleurospilus

Tetraodontidae

Spotted Congo puffer

Tetraodon schoutedeni

Tetraodontidae

Spotted sharpnose puffer

Canthigaster punctatissima

Tetraodontidae

Spotted toby

Canthigaster punctata

Tetraodontidae

Starry toadfish

Arothron firmamentum

Tetraodontidae

Striped redeye puffer

Carinotetraodon salivator

Tetraodontidae

Undermarked toby

Canthigaster inframacula

Tetraodontidae

Wheeler's puffer

Lagocephalus wheeleri

Tetraodontidae

Yellowfin puffer

Takifugu xanthopterus

Tetraodontidae

Yellownet toby

Canthigaster flavoreticulata

Tetraodontidae