Lagocephalus
| Lagocephalus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Lagocephalus spadiceus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Lagocephalus Swainson, 1839 |
Lagocephalus is a genus of fish in the family Tetraodontidae with a circumglobal distribution.[1]
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:
- Lagocephalus cheesemanii (F. E. Clarke, 1897) [2]
- Lagocephalus guentheri A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915 (Diamond-back puffer)
- Lagocephalus inermis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
- Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Smooth puffer)
- Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Oceanic puffer)
- Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Lunar-tail 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
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Lagocephalus in FishBase. June 2016 version.
- ↑ Matsuura, K. & Satoh, T.P. (2016): Redescription of Lagocephalus cheesemanii (Clarke 1897), a senior synonym of Lagocephalus gloveri Abe and Tabeta 1983, based on morphological and genetic comparisons (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae). Ichthyological Research, First online: 07 September 2016.
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