Chelonodontops laticeps

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Shao, K. |author2=Liu, M. |author3=Jing, L. |author4=Hardy, G. |author5=Leis, J.L. |author6=Matsuura, K. |year=2020 |amends=2014 |title=''Chelonodontops laticeps'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T193742A176157249 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T193742A176157249.en |access-date=5 February 2023}}</ref> | genus = Chelonodontops | species = laticeps | authority = (Smith, 1948) | synonyms = ''Chelonodon laticeps'' <small>Smith 1948</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=CoF/><ref name=FishBase/> }}

'''''Chelonodontops laticeps''''', also known as the '''bluespotted blaasop''', is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae.<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=CoF/><ref name=FishBase/> It is native to the western Indian Ocean on the coast of Africa, from South Africa north to Tanzania, and around Madagascar.<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=CoF/><ref name=FishBase/> FishBase includes also Papua New Guinea (Western Central Pacific) in its range.<ref name=FishBase/>

It is a tropical species found in quiet, weedy areas of marine and brackish waters.<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=FishBase/> It reaches {{convert|20|cm|abbr=on}} in total length.<ref name=FishBase/>

==References== {{reflist|30em|refs= <ref name=CoF>{{Cof record |spid=39129 |title=''Chelonodontops laticeps'' |access-date=5 February 2023}}</ref>

<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase |genus=Chelonodontops |species=laticeps |month=August |year=2022}}</ref> }}

Category:Tetraodontidae Category:Fish of the Indian Ocean Category:Taxa named by J. L. B. Smith Category:Fish described in 1948