A checklist on taxonomic diversity of order Tetraodontiformes (Actinopterygii) from Indian waters
Author
Pillai, Honey Unnikrishna
Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700016, India
Author
Dutta, Sayani
0009-0009-0480-0308
Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700016, India
duttasayani20@gmail.com
Author
Kumar, Vimal
0000-0001-7207-1308
Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, Kerala, 682506
vimalkumarkg@gmail.com
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Zootaxa
2025
2025-09-15
5692
3
555
566
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.3.7
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5692.3.7
1175-5326
17323263
71BA2023-883F-4B1A-AC97-2F1DC3C57905
TABLE 2. Number of species under each family from the six study zones.| Family | NEAS | SEAS | NWBoB | SWBoB | AN | LK |
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| Balistidae | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 11 |
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| Diodontidae | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
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| Tetraodontidae | 10 | 16 | 23 | 35 | 20 | 8 |
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| Triacanthidae | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
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| Triacanthodidae | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
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| Monacanthidae | 3 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 7 |
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| Ostraciidae | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
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| Molidae | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
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