| Lagocephalus | |
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| Lagocephalus spadiceus | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Tetraodontinae |
| Genus: |
Lagocephalus Swainson, 1839 |
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Tetraodon lagocephalus
Linnaeus, 1758
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Lagocephalus is a genus of fish in the family Tetraodontidae (pufferfish) with a circumglobal distribution. [1]
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
- Lagocephalus cheesemanii (Clarke, 1897)
- Lagocephalus gloveri Abe & Tabeta, 1983
- Lagocephalus guentheri ( A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915) (diamond-back puffer)
- Lagocephalus inermis ( Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (smooth blaasop)
- Lagocephalus laevigatus ( Linnaeus, 1766) (smooth puffer)
- Lagocephalus lagocephalus ( Linnaeus, 1758) (oceanic puffer)
- Lagocephalus lunaris ( Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (lunartail puffer)
- Lagocephalus sceleratus ( J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (silver-cheeked puffer)
- Lagocephalus spadiceus ( J. Richardson, 1845) (half-smooth golden puffer)
- Lagocephalus suezensis ( E. Clark & Gohar, 1953)
- Lagocephalus wheeleri Abe, Tabeta & Kitahama, 1984
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Lagocephalus in FishBase. January 2024 version.
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