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Taxon: Family Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831, nom. protect. - puffers (fish)
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Authorship

Questionably Unavailable original name & rank:  Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 40 ("ordine Odontini"). [family, nom. vernac.; no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1].
Original name, rank & spelling:  Bonaparte, C.L. 1831c. Giorn. Arcad. Sci. 52: 163, 186. ("Famiglia"). ≡
Source for the authorship:  van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 133 ("Bonaparte 1831").

Attributes

Protected name (nom. protect.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 23.9.2] Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 133 ("Name in prevailing usage"), 134 ("prevailing usage, Article 23.9.1").

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Tetraodontinae (Subfamily) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 457. [inferred]
Type: Tetraodon (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 457; 5 Mar 2024. [inferred]

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Gymnodontidae (Family) (Cuvier, 1817) Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Including: Canthigastrinae (Subfamily) Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Sep 2025; 17 Sep 2025. [inferred]
Including: Tetraodontinae (Subfamily) Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Sep 2025; 17 Sep 2025. [inferred]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: kogelvissen Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: puffers Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 524; ECoF(14 Mar 2025).
: puffers Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2493.
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