''Lagocephalus'' is a
genus
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of
fish
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in the
family
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Tetraodontidae
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(pufferfishes) with a
circumglobal distribution.
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Lagocephalus cheesemanii
''Lagocephalus'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Tetraodontidae (pufferfishes) with a Cosmopolitan distribution, circumglobal distribution.
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
* ''Lagocephalus chee ...
''
(Clarke, 1897)
* ''
Lagocephalus gloveri''
Abe & Tabeta, 1983
* ''
Lagocephalus guentheri''
( A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915) (diamond-back puffer)
* ''
Lagocephalus inermis''
(Temminck
Coenraad Jacob Temminck (; 31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch patrician, zoologist and museum director.
Biography
Coenraad Jacob Temminck was born on 31 March 1778 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. From his father, Jacob ...
& Schlegel
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, 1850) (smooth blaasop)
* ''
Lagocephalus laevigatus''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1766) (smooth puffer)
* ''
Lagocephalus lagocephalus''
(Linnaeus
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, 1758) (oceanic puffer)
* ''
Lagocephalus lunaris''
(Bloch
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*Alfred 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
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by William Swainson
Tetraodontidae
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