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Congo puffer

Tetraodon miurus Boulenger, 1902

Status not recordedbony fish

The congo puffer (Tetraodon miurus) is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, order Tetraodontiformes.

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Quick facts about the congo puffer

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the congo puffer live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the congo puffer as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Indonesiainvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the congo puffer endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the congo puffer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderTetraodontiformes
  5. familyTetraodontidae
  6. genusTetraodon
  7. SpeciesTetraodon miurus Boulenger, 1902

Synonyms Tetrodon miurus

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Congo pufferfishEnglish
  • Congolese pufferfishEnglish
  • Potato pufferfishEnglish
  • čtverzubec konžskýCzech
  • Brauner KugelfischGerman
  • Pez globo patataSpanish
  • Tétrodon rougeFrench
  • Красноватый тетраодонRussian
  • Punapallokalaroot
  • Poisson-globe rougeFrench
  • Pohjapallokalaroot

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the congo puffer

Other species in the same genus Tetraodon.

Mbu puffer

Tetraodon mbu

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

Globe fish

Tetraodon lineatus

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

Puffer fish

Tetraodon pustulatus

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

CompareCongo puffer vs Mbu pufferCongo puffer vs Globe fishCongo puffer vs Puffer fishCongo puffer vs Spotted Congo puffer

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the congo puffer an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the congo puffer as invasive in 1 country: Indonesia. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is the congo puffer?

The congo puffer (Tetraodon miurus) belongs to the family Tetraodontidae in the order Tetraodontiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Congo puffer (Tetraodon miurus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/congo-puffer

MLA

“Congo puffer (Tetraodon miurus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/congo-puffer.

BibTeX
@misc{congo_puffer_2026,
  title = {Congo puffer (Tetraodon miurus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/congo-puffer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}