Leiodon

For the mosasaur, see Liodon.

Leiodon cutcutia,^[1] the ocellated pufferfish, is a species of pufferfish native to southern Asia from India to the Malay Archipelago where it is found in various bodies of fresh and brackish waters.^[2] This species grows to a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL.^[2] It is currently the only known member of its genus, but it was included in Tetraodon until 2013.^[1]

Leiodon
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Tetraodontidae
Genus:	Leiodon Swainson, 1839
Species:	L. cutcutia
Binomial name
Leiodon cutcutia (F. Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms
For genus:[1] Leisomus Swainson, 1839 Chelonodon J. P. Müller, 1841 Monotrète Bibron, 1855 Monotretus Troschel, 1856 Monotreta Hollard, 1857 For species: Tetraodon cutcutia F. Hamilton, 1822 Leisomus cutcutia (F. Hamilton, 1822) Monotretus cutcutia (F. Hamilton, 1822) Tetrodon caria F. Hamilton, 1822 Tetrodon gularis F. Hamilton, 1822 Monotreta gularis (F. Hamilton, 1822) Leisomus marmoratus Swainson, 1839

References

1. Kottelat, M. (2013): The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters, Mangroves and Estuaries. Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leiodon cutcutia". FishBase. February 2017 version.