Smooth Toadfish
Tetractenos glaber
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The smooth toadfish is a species of ray-finned fish in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae, native to shallow coastal and estuarine waters of southeastern Australia, where it is widespread and abundant. French naturalist Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville described the species in 1813, though early records confused it with its close relative, the common toadfish. The two species are the only members of the genus Tetractenos after going through several taxonomic changes since discovery.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
- Genus
- Tetractenos