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Tetraodontidae

6 fish on EveryFish name Tetraodontidae among their families.

Sub-Saharan AfricaMbu pufferfish Large carnivorous freshwater puffer from the Congo River.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇰🇭 Cambodia and 1 moreFigure 8 puffer A small brackish water pufferfish with distinctive eye-like markings.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇮🇳 IndiaDwarf pufferfish A tiny freshwater pufferfish from India prized for its bright colours and small size in home aquaria.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1941

WorldPufferfish Toxic fish that inflate into spiny spheres for defence.Other · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Mbu pufferfish: Liné1, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Figure 8 puffer: ColdmachineUK, CC BY 2.5, source
Dwarf pufferfish: 5snake5, CC0, source
Pufferfish: Unknown author, Public domain, source

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