{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Contusus | authority = Whitley, 1947 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }}
'''''Contusus''''' is a genus of pufferfishes native to the coastal waters of southern Australia and New Zealand. ==Species== There are currently two recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Contusus| month = October | year = 2012}}</ref> * ''Contusus brevicaudus'' <small>Hardy, 1981</small> * ''Contusus richei'' <small>(Fréminville, 1813)</small> (Prickly toadfish)
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Category:Tetraodontidae Category:Marine fish genera Category:Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley