Contusus richei

Contusus richei is a pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae, found in the eastern Indian Ocean and the southwest Pacific Ocean, at depths down to 50 m. It is commonly known known as the prickly toadfish, a name it shares with C. brevicaudus. Its length is up to 25 cm.

Contusus richei
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Tetraodontidae
Genus:	Contusus
Species:	C. richei
Binomial name
Contusus richei (Fréminville, 1813)