''Carinotetraodon'' is a polyphyletic

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of small

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pufferfish Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfis ...

found in

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and

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.Several species have commercial importance as

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fish.

Species

There are 6 recognized species in the genus: * ''

Carinotetraodon borneensis ''Carinotetraodon'' ''borneensis'', sometimes known as the Bornean red-eye puffer, is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is a tropical freshwater species known only from southern Sarawak, Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a ...

'' (

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, 1903) * ''

Carinotetraodon imitator ''Carinotetraodon imitator'', commonly known as the dwarf Malabar pufferfish, is a freshwater pufferfish found in the Western Ghats of India, with little information available on its complete distribution. It is one of the smallest pufferfish ...

'' Britz &

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, 1999 (dwarf Malabar pufferfish) * ''

Carinotetraodon irrubesco ''Carinotetraodon irrubesco'', known commonly as the red-tail dwarf puffer, is a freshwater pufferfish found only in the lower Banyuasin basin in South Sumatra and the Sambas River in West Kalimantan. Characteristics ''Carinotetraodon irrubes ...

'' H. H. Tan, 1999 (red-tail dwarf pufferfish) * ''

Carinotetraodon lorteti Somphong's puffer, redeye puffer or crested puffer (''Carinotetraodon lorteti'') is a small freshwater blowfish found in mainlands Southeast Asia such as Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam. This fish has been collected in the past for the aquarium trade. ...

'' ( Tirant, 1885) (redeye pufferfish) * ''

Carinotetraodon salivator ''Carinotetraodon salivator'', also known as the striped red-eye puffer, is a species of freshwater pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is a tropical species known only from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, where it occurs at a depth range of 1 ...

'' K. K. P. Lim &

Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandC ...

, 1995 (striped red-eye pufferfish) * '' Carinotetraodon travancoricus'' ( Hora & K. K. Nair, 1941) (Malabar pufferfish, dwarf pufferfish, pea pufferfish)

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