| Common Name | Used in | Language (Dialect) |
Type | Official Trade Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikansk kuglefisk | Denmark | Danish | Vernacular | No |
| Agede | Ghana | Ewe | Vernacular | No |
| An-belan | Sierra Leone | Krio | Vernacular | No |
| Apudo | Sudan | Shilluk | Vernacular | No |
| Baraka | Sierra Leone | Krio | Vernacular | No |
| Buktit | Philippines | Tagalog | Vernacular | No |
| Buliak | Sudan | Dinka, Northeastern (Dinka and Nuer) | Vernacular | No |
| Butete | Philippines | Tagalog | Vernacular | No |
| Butiti | Philippines | Ilokano | Vernacular | No |
| Butiti | Philippines | Kagayanen | Vernacular | No |
| Bwol | Chad | Kim | Vernacular | No |
| Coral butterfly | Hawaii | English | Aquarium | No |
| Dounn | Senegal | Wolof | Vernacular | No |
| Duddu | Senegal | Fulfulde, Pulaar (Pulaar) | Vernacular | No |
| Duduune | Senegal | Soninké | Vernacular | No |
| Fahak | Estonia | Estonian | Vernacular | No |
| Fahaka | Sweden | Swedish | Vernacular | No |
| Finya | Nigeria | Nupe | Vernacular | No |
| Football fish | Cameroon | Creole, English | Vernacular | No |
| Fovunalawoe | Ghana | Ewe | Vernacular | No |
| Gbatagbotei | Sierra Leone | Krio | Vernacular | No |
| Globe fish | Ghana | English | Vernacular | No |
| Globe fish | Sudan | English | Vernacular | No |
| Juovapallokala | Finland | Finnish | Vernacular | No |
| Kookoe | Ghana | Adangme | Vernacular | No |
| Kookoe | Ghana | Ga | Vernacular | No |
| Kufe | Nigeria | Kanuri | Vernacular | No |
| Lokwi | Kenya | Turkana | Vernacular | No |
| Nikugelfisch | Germany | German | Vernacular | No |
| Nile puffer | Kenya | English | Vernacular | No |
| Obubu | Nigeria | Ijo | Vernacular | No |
| Opolo okun | Nigeria | Yoruba | Vernacular | No |
| Pôpobe | Chad | Kim | Vernacular | No |
| Puffer | Ghana | English | Vernacular | No |
| Puffer fish | Cameroon | English | Vernacular | No |
| Puffer fish | Sudan | English | Vernacular | No |
| Tallibombom | Nigeria | Hausa | Vernacular | No |
| Tambera | Sudan | Arabic | Vernacular | No |
| Tindi | Sudan | Zande | Vernacular | No |
| Tuwate | Kenya | El Molo | Vernacular | No |
| Wuwluwoe | Ghana | Ewe | Vernacular | No |
| 尼罗鲀 | China | Mandarin Chinese | Vernacular | No |
| 尼羅魨 | China | Mandarin Chinese | Vernacular | No |
| 阿拉伯魨 | China | Mandarin Chinese | Vernacular | No |
| 阿拉伯鲀 | China | Mandarin Chinese | Vernacular | No |