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Taxon: Genus Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758 (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 332.

Types

Type ofTetraodontidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831, nom. protect. Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 457; 5 Mar 2024. [inferred]
Type ofTetraodontiformes (Order) Berg, 1937 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 457; 5 Mar 2024. [inferred]
Type ofTetraodontinae (Subfamily) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 457; [<5 Mar 2024]. [inferred]
Type ofTetraodontoidei (Suborder) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 457; 5 Mar 2024. [inferred]

Variants

Different spellingTetrodon (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

Accepted nameSycosaurus (Genus) Haughton, 1924 Ref: PBDB: 2 Feb 2016.
Possibly IncludingMonotreta (Genus) Hollard, 1857 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 457.
Possibly IncludingMonotrete (Genus) Bibron, 1855 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 457.
Possibly IncludingMonotretus (Genus) Troschel, 1856 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 457.
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