The prickly toadfish (Contusus richei) is a pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae, found in the eastern Indian Ocean and the southwest Pacific Ocean, at depths down to 50 m. Its length is up to 25 cm.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Tetraodontidae |
Genus: | Contusus |
Species: | C. richei
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Binomial name | |
Contusus richei (Fréminville, 1813)
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References
edit- ^ Liu, M.; Matsuura, K.; Jing, L.; Hardy, G.; Leis, J.L.; Shao, K. (2014). "Contusus richei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T193792A2277598. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193792A2277598.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Contusus richei". FishBase. May 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8