Chelonodon dapsilis, known as the plentiful toby, is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is native to the Western Pacific, where it is endemic to Australia. It is a tropical fish found in both marine and brackish environments, being known from coastal estuaries, mangrove swamps, and sandy areas in marine waters.[1] The species is reported to be oviparous.[1] ITIS lists this species as a member of the genus Leiodon,[2] although WoRMS and FishBase both include it within Chelonodon.[3] It was first described by Gilbert Whitley in 1943, from a specimen collected from the Fitzroy River, in Queensland.[4][5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Chelonodon |
| Species: | C. dapsilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chelonodon dapsilis Whitley, 1943
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References
edit- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Chelonodon dapsilis". FishBase. Archived from the original on 2015-10-14.
- ^ "ITIS - Report: Chelonodon dapsilis". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chelonodon dapsilis Whitley, 1943". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
- ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Chelonodon dapsilis". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ Gilbert P. Whitley (1943). "Ichthyological descriptions and notes". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 68: 114-144 figs 1-12 [143]. ISSN 0370-047X. Wikidata Q113712125.
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