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Pea puffer

Carinotetraodon travancoricus (Hora & Nair, 1941)

Status not recordedbony fish

The pea puffer (Carinotetraodon travancoricus) is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, order Tetraodontiformes.

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Quick facts about the pea 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 pea puffer live?

Not recorded

Is the pea 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 pea puffer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderTetraodontiformes
  5. familyTetraodontidae
  6. genusCarinotetraodon
  7. SpeciesCarinotetraodon travancoricus (Hora & Nair, 1941)

Synonyms Monotreta travancoricus, Tetraodon travancoricus

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Dwarf Indian pufferEnglish
  • Malabar pufferfishEnglish
  • čtverzubec trpasličíCzech
  • アベニ・パッファーJapanese
  • Kolcobrzuch karłowatyPolish
  • ปลาปักเป้าแคระThai

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pea puffer

Other species in the same genus Carinotetraodon.

Redeye puffer

Carinotetraodon lorteti

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

ComparePea puffer vs Redeye pufferPea puffer vs Bornean redeye pufferPea puffer vs Red-tail dwarf pufferPea puffer vs Dwarf Malabar puffer

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the pea puffer?

The pea puffer (Carinotetraodon travancoricus) belongs to the family Tetraodontidae in the order Tetraodontiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pea puffer (Carinotetraodon travancoricus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pea-puffer

MLA

“Pea puffer (Carinotetraodon travancoricus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pea-puffer.

BibTeX
@misc{pea_puffer_2026,
  title = {Pea puffer (Carinotetraodon travancoricus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pea-puffer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}