Order Tetraodontiformes
This order contains the familiar pufferfishes and porcupinefishes, as well as tripodfishes, triggerfishes, filefishes and boxfishes. The following are all marine fishes, except the Spotted Puffer, which is also found in freshwater.
Tripodfishes (Family Triacanthidae)
Longtail Tripodfish Tripodichthys blochii
Triggerfishes (Family Balistridae)
Starry Triggerfish Abalistes stellatus
Filefishes (Family Monacanthidae)
Seagrass Filefish Acreichthys tomentosum
Fan-bellied Filefish Monacanthus chinensis
Pufferfishes (Family Tetraodontidae)
Yelloweye Puffer Arothron immaculatus
Rough Golden Toadfish Lagocephalus lunaris
Milk-spotted Puffer Chelonodon patoca
Spotted Puffer Tetraodon nigroviridis
Boxfishes and Cowfishes (Family Ostraciidae)
Shortnose Boxfish Rhynchostracion nasus
Porcupinefishes (Family Diodontidae)
Masked Porcupinefish Diodon liturosus
Fan-bellied Filefish at Coney Island ©Tan KH
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