Chelonodon is a genus of pufferfishes native to the Indo-Pacific. They are mainly found in coastal regions and estuaries, but sometimes in rivers. Species and taxonomy There are five recognized species in this genus: Chelonodon bengalensis (Habib et al., 2018) Chelonodon dapsilis Whitley, 1943 (plentiful toby) Chelonodon laticeps J. L. B. Smith, 1948 (blue-spotted blaasop) Chelonodon patoca (F. Hamilton, 1822) (milk-spotted puffer) Chelonodon pleurospilus (Regan, 1919) (blaasop beauty) The type species of Chelonodon is Leiodon cutcutia, making the genus name a synonym. As a consequence, Catalog of Fishes and other authorities instead place the above five species in Chelonodontops. FishBase, however, still uses Chelonodon. References Tetraodontidae Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by Johannes Peter Müller