Tetraodon
| Tetraodon Temporal range: Middle Miocene to present | |
|---|---|
| Mbu pufferfish (T. mbu) | |
| Fahaka pufferfish (T. lineatus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Tetraodontinae |
| Genus: | Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Tetraodon lineatus | |
| Native distribution of Tetraodon species (both extinct and extant) | |
Tetraodon is a genus in the pufferfish family (Tetraodontidae) found in freshwater in Africa. It is the type genus of the family and historically included numerous other species; several Asian species were moved to the genera Dichotomyctere, Leiodon and Pao in 2013.