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Class: Teleostei
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae Puffers
Subfamily: Tetraodontinae
Genus: Takifugu

(See list of species below)


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27 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Takifugu alboplumbeus Indo-West Pacific. 23 SL 1845
Takifugu basilevskianus Indo-West Pacific. 1855
Takifugu bimaculatus Northern West and Northwe 30 SL 1845
Takifugu chinensis Northwest Pacific 55 SL 1949
Takifugu chrysops Northwest Pacific 20 SL 1879
Takifugu coronoidus Northwest Pacific 1992
Takifugu exascurus Northwest Pacific 15 SL 1901
Takifugu flavidus Yellowbelly pufferfish Northwest Pacific 35 SL 1975
Takifugu flavipterus Fine Patterned Puffer Northwest Pacific 27.6 SL 2017
Takifugu niphobles Northwest Pacific 15.9 TL 1901
Takifugu oblongus Lattice blaasop Indo-West Pacific 40 TL 1786
Takifugu obscurus Obscure pufferfish Western Pacific 40 SL 1949
Takifugu ocellatus Asia 17.6 TL 1758
Takifugu orbimaculatus Asia 1984
Takifugu pardalis Northwest Pacific 30 SL 1850
Takifugu plagiocellatus Northwest Pacific 11.0 SL 2002
Takifugu poecilonotus Northwest Pacific 20 SL 1850
Takifugu porphyreus Northwest Pacific 52 TL 1850
Takifugu pseudommus Northwest Pacific 35 SL 1935
Takifugu radiatus Northwest Pacific 20 SL 1947
Takifugu reticularis Northwest Pacific 29 SL 1975
Takifugu rubripes Japanese pufferfish Northwest Pacific 80 TL 1850
Takifugu snyderi Western Pacific 30 SL 1988
Takifugu stictonotus Northwest Pacific 35 SL 1850
Takifugu variomaculatus Northwest Pacific 13.7 SL 2002
Takifugu vermicularis Purple puffer Northwest Pacific 30 SL 1850
Takifugu xanthopterus Yellowfin pufferfish Northwest Pacific 50 SL 1850



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013