Contusus

Contusus is a genus of pufferfishes native to the coastal waters of southern Australia and New Zealand.

Contusus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Subfamily: Tetraodontinae
Genus: Contusus
Whitley, 1947
Species

See text.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Contusus brevicaudus Hardy, 1981
  • Contusus richei (Fréminville, 1813) (Prickly toadfish)
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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Contusus in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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