Pufferfishes - Family: Tetraodontidae
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Starry Toadfish - Arothron firmamentum
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Stars and Stripes Puffer - Arothron hispidus
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Narrow-lined Puffer - Arothron manilensis
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Scribbled Puffer - Arothron mappa
White-spotted Pufferfish - Arothron meleagris
Black-spotted Puffer - Arothron nigropunctatus
Starry Puffer - Arothron stellatus
Pacific Crown Toby - Canthigaster axiologus
Black-spot Toby - Canthigaster bennetti
Clown Toby - Canthigaster callisternus
Honeycomb Toby - Canthigaster janthinopterus
Black-saddle Toby - Canthigaster valentini
Barred Toadfish - Contusus richei
Ferocious Puffer - Feroxodon multistriatus
Cheeseman's Puffer - Lagocephalus cheesemanii
Smooth Golden Puffer - Lagocephalus inermis
Ocean Puffer - Lagocephalus lagocephalus
Rough Golden Puffer - Lagocephalus lunaris
Silver Puffer - Lagocephalus sceleratus
Half-smooth Golden Puffer - Lagocephalus spadiceus
Banded Toadfish - Marylina pleurosticta
Ringed Puffer - Omegophora armilla
Halstead's Puffer - Reicheltia halsteadi
Blunt-head Puffer - Sphoeroides pachygaster
Smooth Toadfish - Tetractenos glaber
Common Toadfish - Tetractenos hamiltoni
High-fin Toadfish - Torquigener altipinnis
Anderson's Toadfish - Torquigener andersonae
Hicks' Toadfish - Torquigener hicksi
Spineless Toadfish - Torquigener perlevis
Weeping Toadfish - Torquigener pleurogramma
Scaly-tail Toadfish - Torquigener squamicauda
Fringe-gill Toadfish - Torquigener tuberculiferus
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
> Superorder: Acanthomorpha (Spiny-rayed Fishes
> Order: Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and Filefishes)
> Suborder: Tetraodontoidei (Pufferfishes, Porcupinefishes and Molas)
> Family: Tetraodontidae (Pufferfishes)
> Genus: Arothron
> Species: A. firmamentum - Starry Toadfish
> Species: A. hispidus - Stars and Stripes Puffer
> Species: A. manilensis - Narrow-lined Puffer
> Species: A. mappa - Scribbled Puffer
> Species: A. meleagris - White-spotted Pufferfish
> Species: A. nigropunctatus - Black-spotted Puffer
> Species: A. stellatus - Starry Puffer
> Genus: Canthigaster (Tobies)
> Species: C. axiologus - Pacific Crown Toby
> Species: C. bennetti- Black-spot Toby
> Species: C. callisternus - Clown Toby
> Species: C. janthinopterus - Honeycomb Toby
> Species: C. valentini - Black-saddle Toby
> Genus: Contusus (Prickly Toadfishes)
> Species: C. richei - Barred Toadfish
> Genus: Feroxodon
> Species: F. multistriatus - Ferocious Puffer
> Genus: Lagocephalus
> Species: L. cheesemanii - Cheeseman's Puffer
> Species: L. inermis - Smooth Golden Puffer
> Species: L. lagocephalus - Ocean Puffer
> Species: L. lunaris - Rough Golden Puffer
> Species: L. sceleratus - Silver Puffer
> Species: L. spadiceus - Half-smooth Golden Puffer
> Genus: Marilyna
> Species: M. pleurosticta - Banded Toadfish
> Genus: Omegophora
> Species: O. armilla - Ringed Puffer
> Genus: Reicheltia
> Species: R. halsteadi - Halstead's Toadfish
> Genus: Sphoeroides
> Species: S. pachygaster - Blunt-head Puffer
> Genus: Tetractenos
> Species: T. glaber - Smooth Toadfish
> Species: T. hamiltoni - Common Toadfish
> Genus: Torquigener
> Species: T. altipinnis - High-fin Toadfish
> Species: T. andersonae - Anderson's Toadfish
> Species: T. hicksi - Hicks' Toadfish
> Species: T. perlevis - Spineless Toadfish
> Species: T. pleurogramma - Weeping Toadfish
> Species: T. squamicauda - Scaly-tail Toadfish
> Species: T. tuberculiferus - Fringe-gill Toadfish
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