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    Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called...
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    bladders. The name toadfish is applied to some species of the family Tetraodontidae, including: The banded toadfish, Torquigener pleurogramma (Australia)...
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    misidentification. Dwarf pufferfish are one of only 27 known species of Tetraodontidae adapted to freshwater. They are a potamodromous species, meaning they...
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    black saddled toby, is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae. The saddled puffer is a small sized fish which grows up to 11 cm. It...
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    BlueZooAquatics.com. (2011). Guinea Fowl Pufferfish. Bussing, W.A. 1995. Tetraodontidae. Tamboriles, tamborines, botetes, peces globo, corrotuchos. FAO, Rome...
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    Colomesus asellus (category Tetraodontidae)
    species of South American freshwater pufferfish of the genus Colomesus (Tetraodontidae), based on both morphology and DNA data. PLoS ONE 8(9): e74397. Eschmeyer...
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    sucking water into a diverticulum of the stomach. Many species of the Tetraodontidae, Triodontidae, and Diodontidae are further protected from predation...
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    to be confused with the morphologically similar and closely related Tetraodontidae, which are more commonly given this name. They are found in shallow...
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    (Japanese: 仙人河豚), is an extremely poisonous marine bony fish in the family Tetraodontidae (puffer fishes). The species is common in the tropical waters of the...
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    dog-faced puffer, is a tropical marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae. Arothron nigropunctatus is a small sized fish which grows up to 33 cm...
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