Scientific name — the valid binomial under the Catalog of Fishes, the authority for valid names. Common name — English vernacular and trade names recorded for the species, including outdated ones (a green spotted puffer is still widely sold as “Tetraodon nigroviridis”). Each entry is tagged with its group. Some little-kept puffers have no settled English name and appear by their binomial only.
100 of 100 name entries
A
- Abe's puffercommon — Pao abei
- Amazon puffercommon — Sphoeroides asellus
- Arrowhead puffercommon — Pao suvattii
- Auriglobus modestusscientificBrackish puffers
- Auriglobus nefastusscientificBrackish puffers
- Auriglobus silusscientificBrackish puffers
- Avocado puffercommon — Auriglobus modestus
B
- Bailey's puffercommon — Pao baileyi
- Banded puffercommon — Sphoeroides psittacus
- Bornean dwarf puffercommon — Carinotetraodon borneensis
- Borneo dwarf puffercommon — Carinotetraodon borneensis
- Brackish puffercommon — Pao leiurus
- Bronze puffercommon — Auriglobus nefastus
- Brown puffercommon — Pao turgidus
- Bumblebee puffercommon — Carinotetraodon travancoricus
C
- Carinotetraodon borneensisscientificDwarf puffers
- Carinotetraodon imitatorscientificDwarf puffers
- Carinotetraodon irrubescoscientificDwarf puffers
- Carinotetraodon lortetiscientificDwarf puffers
- Carinotetraodon salivatorscientificDwarf puffers
- Carinotetraodon travancoricusscientificDwarf puffers
- Ceylon green puffercommon — Dichotomyctere fluviatilis
- Cochinchina puffercommon — Pao cochinchinensis
- Colomesus tocantinensisscientificSouth American puffers
- Common puffercommon — Leiodon cutcutia
- Congo puffercommon — Tetraodon miurus
- Congo puffercommon — Tetraodon schoutedeni
- Crested puffercommon — Carinotetraodon lorteti
- Cross River puffercommon — Tetraodon pustulatus
- Cutcutia puffercommon — Leiodon cutcutia
D
- Dichotomyctere fluviatilisscientificBrackish puffers
- Dichotomyctere nigroviridisscientificBrackish puffers
- Dichotomyctere ocellatusscientificBrackish puffers
- Dragon puffercommon — Pao palembangensis
- Dubois's puffercommon — Tetraodon duboisi
- Dwarf Malabar puffercommon — Carinotetraodon imitator
- Dwarf puffercommon — Carinotetraodon travancoricus
E
- Eightspot puffercommon — Dichotomyctere ocellatus
- Elongated golden puffercommon — Auriglobus silus
- Eyespot puffercommon — Dichotomyctere ocellatus
F
- Fahaka puffercommon — Tetraodon lineatus
- Fang's puffercommon — Pao fangi
- Fangi puffercommon — Pao fangi
- Fangs puffercommon — Pao cochinchinensis
- Figure-8 puffercommon — Dichotomyctere ocellatus
- Figure-eight puffercommon — Dichotomyctere ocellatus
G
- Giant Congo puffercommon — Tetraodon mbu
- Giant freshwater puffercommon — Tetraodon mbu
- globe fishcommon — Tetraodon lineatus
- Golden puffercommon — Auriglobus modestus
- Golden puffercommon — Auriglobus nefastus
- Golden puffercommon — Auriglobus silus
- Green puffercommon — Dichotomyctere fluviatilis
- Green spotted puffercommon — Dichotomyctere nigroviridis
H
- Hairy puffercommon — Pao baileyi
- Humpback puffercommon — Pao palembangensis
I
- Irrubesco puffercommon — Carinotetraodon irrubesco
L
- Leiodon cutcutiascientificSE Asian puffers
- Leopard puffercommon — Dichotomyctere nigroviridis
- lineatus puffercommon — Tetraodon lineatus
M
- Malabar puffercommon — Carinotetraodon imitator
- Malabar puffercommon — Carinotetraodon travancoricus
- Malebo puffercommon — Tetraodon duboisi
- Mbu puffercommon — Tetraodon mbu
N
- Nile puffercommon — Tetraodon lineatus
O
- Ocellated puffercommon — Leiodon cutcutia
P
- Pao abeiscientificSE Asian puffers
- Pao baileyiscientificSE Asian puffers
- Pao cochinchinensisscientificSE Asian puffers
- Pao fangiscientificSE Asian puffers
- Pao leiurusscientificSE Asian puffers
- Pao palembangensisscientificSE Asian puffers
- Pao suvattiiscientificSE Asian puffers
- Pao turgidusscientificSE Asian puffers
- Pao wesleywongiscientificSE Asian puffers
- Parrot puffercommon — Sphoeroides psittacus
- Pea puffercommon — Carinotetraodon travancoricus
- Potato puffercommon — Tetraodon miurus
- Pygmy puffercommon — Carinotetraodon travancoricus
R
- Red-bellied dwarf puffercommon — Carinotetraodon irrubesco
- Red-spot puffercommon — Pao abei
- Redeye puffercommon — Carinotetraodon lorteti
S
- Somphong's puffercommon — Carinotetraodon lorteti
- South American puffercommon — Sphoeroides asellus
- Sphoeroides asellusscientificSouth American puffers
- Sphoeroides psittacusscientificSouth American puffers
- Spotted Congo puffercommon — Tetraodon schoutedeni
- Spotted puffercommon — Dichotomyctere nigroviridis
- Striped Red-Eye Puffercommon — Carinotetraodon salivator
- Striped redeye puffercommon — Carinotetraodon salivator
T
- Target puffercommon — Pao leiurus
- Target puffercommon — Pao turgidus
- Tetraodon duboisiscientificAfrican puffers
- Tetraodon lineatusscientificAfrican puffers
- Tetraodon mbuscientificAfrican puffers
- Tetraodon miurusscientificAfrican puffers
- Tetraodon pustulatusscientificAfrican puffers
- Tetraodon schoutedeniscientificAfrican puffers
- Tocantins puffercommon — Colomesus tocantinensis
- Topaz puffercommon — Dichotomyctere fluviatilis