The smooth toadfish (Tetractenos glaber) 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 (T. hamiltonii). The two species are the only members of the genus Tetractenos after going through several taxonomic changes since discovery.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
Poisonous. The note covers its whole family. Pufferfish; tetrodotoxin in liver, ovaries and skin Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Tetractenos hamiltoni — poisonous
- Contusus brevicaudus — poisonous
- Torquigener pleurogramma — poisonous
- Sphoeroides greeleyi — considered poisonous
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
- Genus
- Tetractenos
- Species
- Tetractenos glaber
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