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annotated classification
- In tetraodontiform: Annotated classification

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - More than just cool shades.	Aakanksha Gaur	Dec 03, 2024
	Add new Web site: International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies - Puffer fish poisoning: An assessment of consumer awareness and availability in Sylhet region, Bangladesh.	Yamini Chauhan	Oct 08, 2024
	Add new Web site: CORE - Toxins of Pufferfish That Cause Human Intoxications.	Yamini Chauhan	Aug 28, 2024
	Add new Web site: PetMD - 6 Fun facts about Puffer fish.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 05, 2024
	Add new Web site: Natural History Museum - Pufferfish: An underwater balloon of death?	Gloria Lotha	Apr 22, 2024
	Add new Web site: Animal Corner - Pufferfish Why They Inflate And Other Facts.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 02, 2024
	Add new Web site: WebMD - Freshwater Pufferfish: What to Know.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 27, 2023
	Add new Web site: Smithsonian Ocean - Pufferfishes and Their Relatives.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jul 22, 2023
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - More than just cool shades.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jun 08, 2023
	Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Pufferfish.	Gloria Lotha	Jan 18, 2023
	Added new Web site: Bristol Zoo Gardens - Porcupine Puffer fish.	Grace Young	Jun 02, 2008
	Added new Web site: Aquatic Community - Freshwater Puffer fish.	Grace Young	Jun 02, 2008
	Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Pufferfish.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 03, 2008
	Media added.	Kara Rogers	Sep 06, 2007
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 07, 1999
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998