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

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Actinopterygii Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                           Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                             Clade Pan-Actinopteri Moore & Near 2020
                                                               Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
                                                                 Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                                                                   Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                                                                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                                                                       Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
                                                                         Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                                                                           Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                                                                             Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                                                                               Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                                                                                 Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                   Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                     Clade Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                       Clade Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                         Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                                                                           Subdivision Percomorphaceae
                                                                                             Series Eupercaria
                                                                                               Order Tetraodontiformes Berg, 1937 - plectognaths
                                                                                                 Suborder Tetraodontoidei
                                                                                                   Family Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831, nom. protect. - puffers
                                                                                                     01 Genus Amblyrhynchote Bibron, 1855
                                                                                                     02 Genus Arothron Müller, 1841
                                                                                                     03 Genus Auriglobus Kottelat, 1999
                                                                                                     04 Genus Canthigaster Swainson, 1839
                                                                                                     05 Genus Carinotetraodon Benl, 1957
                                                                                                     06 Genus Chelonodon Müller, 1841
                                                                                                     07 Genus Chonerhinos Bleeker, 1854 [monotypic]
                                                                                                     08 Genus Contusus Whitley, 1947
                                                                                                     09 Genus Dichotomyctere Duméril, 1855
                                                                                                     10 Genus Ephippion Bibron, 1855 [monotypic]
                                                                                                     11 Genus Feroxodon Su, Hardy & Tyler, 1986 [monotypic]
                                                                                                     12 Genus Guentheridia Gilbert & Starks, 1904 [monotypic]
                                                                                                     13 Genus Javichthys Hardy, 1985 [monotypic]
                                                                                                     14 Genus Lagocephalus Swainson, 1839
                                                                                                     15 Genus Leiodon Swainson, 1839
                                                                                                     16 Genus Marilyna Hardy, 1982
                                                                                                     17 Genus Omegophora Whitley, 1934
                                                                                                     18 Genus Pao Kottelat, 2013
                                                                                                     19 Genus Pelagocephalus Tyler & Paxton, 1979 [monotypic]
                                                                                                     20 Genus Polyspina Hardy, 1983 [monotypic]
                                                                                                     21 Genus Reicheltia Hardy, 1982 [monotypic]
                                                                                                     22 Genus Sphoeroides [Lacepède], 1798
                                                                                                     23 Genus Takifugu Abe, 1949
                                                                                                     24 Genus Tetractenos Hardy, 1983
                                                                                                     25 Genus Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758
                                                                                                     26 Genus Torquigener Whitley, 1930
                                                                                                     27 Genus Tylerius Hardy, 1984 [monotypic]

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