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Tetraodontoidei 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 173282

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Suborder  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): puffers [English]
  
    porcupinefishes [English]
  
    tétrodons [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderTetraodontiformes  – leatherjackets, cowfishes, filefishes, puffers, triggerfishes, trunkfishes, balistes, poissons-coffres, poissons-globes  
                               SuborderTetraodontoidei  – puffers, porcupinefishes, tétrodons  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Family Diodontidae  – porcupinefishes, burrfishes, peces erizo, poissons porcs-épics 
                                  Family Tetraodontidae  – toadfishes, rabbitfishes, puffers, blowfishes, globefishes, swellfishes, botetes, sphéroïdes 
       

 References
       
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  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: tétrodons[French]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tetraodontoidei   
       
  Source: Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes, website (version 3 (2014))  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Betancur-R, R., E. Wiley, N. Bailly, M. Miya, G. Lecointre, and G. Ortí. 2014. Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes, Version 3. Available at https://sites.google.com/site/guilleorti/home/classification   
  Reference for: Tetraodontoidei   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Betancur-R., Ricardo, Edward O. Wiley, Gloria Arratia, Arturo Acero, Nicolas Bailly, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title: Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: BMC Evolutionary Biology, vol. 17   
  Page(s): 162-202   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1471-2148   
  Notes: doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3   
  Reference for: Tetraodontoidei   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Matsuura, Keiichi  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ichthyological Research, vol. 62, no. 1   
  Page(s): 72-113   
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1616-3915   
  Notes: doi: 10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5   
  Reference for: Tetraodontoidei   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tetraodontoidei   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Fourth Edition   
  Page(s): xix + 601   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-25031-7   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tetraodontoidei   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tetraodontoidei, puffers [English]   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Nelson (2006) used Suborder Tetraodontoidei, but Matsuura (2015) demonstrated lack of consensus between morphological and molecular phylogenies  
 

 

    

 
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