# Contusus

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
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| taxon = Contusus
| authority = [Whitley](/source/Gilbert_Percy_Whitley), 1947
| subdivision_ranks = [Species](/source/Species)
| subdivision = See text.
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'''''Contusus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [pufferfish](/source/pufferfish)es native to the coastal waters of southern [Australia](/source/Australia) and [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand).
 
==Species==
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Contusus| month = October | year = 2012}}</ref>
* ''[Contusus brevicaudus](/source/Contusus_brevicaudus)'' <small>[Hardy](/source/Graham_S._Hardy), 1981</small>
* ''[Contusus richei](/source/Contusus_richei)'' <small>([Fréminville](/source/Christophe_Paulin_de_la_Poix_de_Fr%C3%A9minville), 1813)</small> (Prickly toadfish)

==References==
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Category:Tetraodontidae
Category:Marine fish genera
Category:Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley

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