Sealife guideThe Tetraodontidae familyThe taxonomy of marine species

Explore the taxonomy of the sea vertebrates including the cetaceans like the whales or the dolphins, the sea birds, the fish, the sharks and the sea turtles !

Bandtail puffer
(Sphoeroides spengleri)

Blackspotted puffer
(Arothron nigropunctatus)

Checkered puffer
(Sphoeroides testudineus)

Guineafowl puffer
(Arothron meleagris)

Immaculate pufferfish
(Arothron immaculatus)

Map puffer
(Arothron mappa)

Masked puffer
(Arothron diadematus)

Narrow lined pufferfish
(Arothron manilensis)

Pearl toby
(Canthigaster margaritata)

Starry pufferfish
(Arothron stellatus)

Valentin's sharpnose puffer
(Canthigaster valentini)

White-spotted puffer
(Arothron hispidus)

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Tarpon de l'Atlantique
(Megalops atlanticus)