Biology:Prickly toadfish
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Contusus |
| Species: | C. richei
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| Binomial name | |
| Contusus richei (Fréminville, 1813)
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The prickly toadfish (Contusus richei) is a pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae, found in the eastern Indian Ocean and the southwest Pacific Ocean, at depths down to 50 m. Its length is up to 25 cm.
References
- ↑ Liu, M.; Matsuura, K.; Jing, L.; Hardy, G.; Leis, J.L.; Shao, K. (2014). "Contusus richei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T193792A2277598. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193792A2277598.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/193792/2277598. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Contusus richei" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN:0-00-216987-8
Wikidata ☰ Q2588829 entry
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