Chelonodon is a genus of pufferfishes native to the Indo-Pacific. They are mainly found in coastal regions and estuaries, but sometimes in rivers.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Chelonodon J. P. Müller, 1841 |
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Species and taxonomy
editThere are five recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Chelonodon bengalensis (Habib et al., 2018) (Bengal reticulated puffer)
- Chelonodon dapsilis (Whitley, 1943) (Plentiful toby)
- Chelonodon laticeps (J. L. B. Smith, 1948) (Blue-spotted blaasop)
- Chelonodon patoca (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Milk-spotted puffer)
- Chelonodon pleurospilus (Regan, 1919) (Blaasop beauty)
The type species of Chelonodon is Leiodon cutcutia, making the genus name a synonym. As a consequence, Catalog of Fishes and other authorities instead place the above five species in Chelonodontops.[2] FishBase, however, still uses Chelonodon.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chelonodon". FishBase. February 2016 version.
- ^ a b 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.
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