Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Tetraodontidae (pufferfishes)

20 species in this family in the guide. Search and filter them in the guide.

  1. Bennett's sharpnose puffer Canthigaster bennettiKoli
  2. Bicolored toby Canthigaster smithaeNo recorded Dhivehi name
  3. Blackspotted puffer Arothron nigropunctatusKoli
  4. Blue-spotted puffer Arothron caeruleopunctatusNo recorded Dhivehi name
  5. Blue-spotted toby Canthigaster cyanospilotaNo recorded Dhivehi name
  6. Guineafowl puffer Arothron meleagrisFuh kudhi koli
  7. Honeycomb toby Canthigaster janthinopteraThijjehi thaakihaa koli
  8. Immaculate puffer Arothron immaculatusFukkoli
  9. Map puffer Arothron mappaFuh kudhi koli
  10. Milkspotted puffer Chelonodon patocaNo recorded Dhivehi name
  11. Oceanic puffer Lagocephalus lagocephalusރާގޮނޑި ކޮލިRaagondi koli
  12. Papuan toby Canthigaster papuaNo recorded Dhivehi name
  13. Silver-cheeked toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratusގިއުޅު ކޮލިGiulhu koli
  14. Spider-eye puffer Canthigaster amboinensisHaluvi thaakihaa koli
  15. Spiny blaasop Tylerius spinosissimusNo recorded Dhivehi name
  16. Spotted sharpnose Canthigaster solandriNo recorded Dhivehi name
  17. Stellate puffer Arothron stellatusKoli
  18. Tyler's toby Canthigaster tyleriNo recorded Dhivehi name
  19. Valentin's sharpnose puffer Canthigaster valentiniThaakihaa koli
  20. White-spotted puffer Arothron hispidusލައްޖެހި ކޮލިLahjehi koli