Smooth Toadfish
Tetractenos glaber
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,001
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The smooth toadfish (Tetractenos glaber) is a species of fish in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae. It is 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 (T.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Smooth toadfish”.