Toado is a common name for a variety of species of
fish
A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...
in the family
Tetraodontidae
Tetraodontidae is a family of marine and freshwater fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, blowers, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, ...
, including:
*
Common toado (also toado or common toadfish), ''Tetractenos hamiltoni''
[Australian Faunal Directory: Tetractenos hamiltoni.](_blank)
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* Clown toado
The clown toado (''Canthigaster callisterna'') a pufferfish of the genus ''Canthigaster'', is found in the southwest Pacific Ocean including Australia, the northeast coast of New Zealand, and New Caledonia
New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group ...
, ''Canthigaster callisterna''
* Smooth toado (also smooth toadfish), ''Tetractenos glaber''Australian Faunal Directory: Tetractenos glaber.
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* Starry toado, ''Arothron firmamentum''
References
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External links
Fishbase list of species commonly called "toado"
Fish common names