TETRAODONTIDAE
TETRAODONTIDAE
Pufferfishes
أسماك الشيكة
Order: TetraodontiformesClass: Actinopterygii
9species in the encyclopedia
9count stated by the source
9records with a plate cleared for display (of 9)
What this page holds, and what it does not
It holds the published records of this family with the names the register designates, the plates cleared for display, and the characters of the family as the printed source states them.
No scientific distribution is published for any record yet; the names recorded for the Red Sea and the Gulf are names, not occurrence records.
No conservation assessment is published in the register yet, so no conservation badge is shown for any record.
Taxa in this family
One card per record: its plate when the register permits one, its name with its standing, and its codes. A card without an image has no plate the register lets us display.
Arothron diadematus
Masked puffer Measured specimen length: 12.1 cm
HWT-FISH-0429
Arothron hispidus
White-spotted puffer Measured specimen length: 7.3 cm
HWT-FISH-0430
Arothron immaculatus
Immaculate puffer Measured specimen length: 8.4 cm
HWT-FISH-0431
Arothron nigropunctatus
Blackspotted puffer Measured specimen length: 15.8 cm
HWT-FISH-0432
Arothron stellatus
Starry toadfish Measured specimen length: 24.1 cm
HWT-FISH-0433
National code 3801
Canthigaster margariata
Measured specimen length: 8 cm
HWT-FISH-0434
Lagocephalus lunaris
Green rough-backed puffer Measured specimen length: 31.2 cm
HWT-FISH-0435
National code 3802
Lagocephalus sceleratus
Silverstripe blaasop Measured specimen length: 31.4 cm
HWT-FISH-0436
National code 3803
Lagocephalus spadiceus
Half-smooth golden pufferfish Measured specimen length: 36 cm
HWT-FISH-0437
The length is that of one measured specimen, not the maximum length of the species. A missing length means the encyclopedia holds no documented value.
Family characters
- Fin formula: Dorsal D: 7-18 softrays
- Fin formula: Anal A: 7-18 sofatrays
- Fin formula: Caudal C: 10 principal rays
- Fin formula: Pelvic P1: 1 spine
- Species count stated by the source: 9
These are diagnostic characters of the family. They are not a measured value for any individual species and do not appear on species pages.
Scientific sources
أسماك من المياه الإقليمية للمملكة في البحر الأحمر — مركز أبحاث الثروة السمكية، جـدة (2011).
ط١ ١٤٣٢هـ/٢٠١١م.