Chonerhinos

Chonerhinos is a monotypic genus of pufferfish, family Tetraodontidae. The only species is Chonerhinos naritus,^[1] the bronze pufferfish or yellow pufferfish.^[2] It is native to Southeast Asia, where it is mainly found in estuarine and coastal habitats.^[3][4] This species grows to a length of 28.5 centimetres (11.2 in) TL,^[2] but otherwise it generally resembles the smaller and more strictly freshwater Auriglobus pufferfish.^[4] This predatory species feeds on other fish, crustaceans (both crabs and shrimp) and snails.^[3]

Chonerhinos
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Tetraodontidae
Genus:	Chonerhinos Bleeker, 1854
Species:	C. naritus
Binomial name
Chonerhinos naritus (J. Richardson, 1848)
Synonyms
Tetrodon naritus Richardson, 1848 Tetraodon naritus Richardson, 1848 Xenopterus naritus (Richardson, 1848)

Taxonomy

Chonerhinos naritus is the only species in the genus Chonerhinos,^[1] but the synonym Xenopterus was formerly used instead. At that point the genus name Chonerhinos was used for the species modestus and its relatives, but this was incorrect and they were moved to Auriglobus in 1999.^[5]