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title: "Smooth Toadfish"
description: "Tetractenos glaber — Pesci. The smooth toadfish (Tetractenos glaber) is a species of fish in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/smooth-toadfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Smooth Toadfish

> Tetractenos glaber — Pesci. The smooth toadfish (Tetractenos glaber) is a species of fish in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Tetractenos glaber*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 3870
- Wikidata: [Q2180766](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2180766)
- iNaturalist taxon: [311414](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/311414)

## Names

- en: Smooth Toadfish
- de: Krötenfisch

## Countries with the most observations

AU (3694)

## Summary

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. hamiltonii). The two are the only members of the genus Tetractenos after going through several taxonomic changes since discovery.
Up to 16 cm (6+1⁄4 in) long with distinctive leopard-like dark markings on its dorsal side, the…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smooth_toadfish

## Photo

![Smooth Toadfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/smooth-toadfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: stevel99 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/315475902

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/smooth-toadfish?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).