Lagocephalus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Tetraodontiformes
Subordo: Tetraodontoidei

Familia: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Lagocephalus
Species: L. gloveri – L. guentheri – L. inermis – L. laevigatus – L. lagocephalus – L. lunaris – L. sceleratus – L. spadiceus – L. stellatus – L. suezensis – L. wheeleri
Name

Lagocephalus Swainson, 1839: 194, 328

Type species: Lagocephalus stellatus ♂ of Bloch (pl. 140 not pl. 143 [see Kottelat, 2013]), 1785.
Synonyms

Apsicephalus Hollard, 1857: 324, 327
Geneion Bibron in Duméril, 1855: 280
Laeviphysus Li in Su & Li, 2002: 196,442
Pleuranacanthus Bleeker (ex Bibron), 1865: 59 et seq.
Promecocephale Bibron in Duméril, 1855: 279.
Promecocephalus Troschel (ex Bibron), 1856: 88

References

Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1–663. PDF. Reference page.
Ben-Abdallah, A. , A. Al-Turky, a. Nafti & E. Shakman 2011: A new record of a Lessepsian fish, Lagocephalus suezensis (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), in the south Mediterranean (Libyan coast). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 41(1): 71–72.
Swainson, W.J. 1839. The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Spottiswoode & Co.: London. vol. 2: i–vi + 1–448. BHL Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Pufferfish

Lagocephalus is a genus of fish in the family Tetraodontidae (pufferfish) with a circumglobal distribution.[1]
Species

There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:

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) (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

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Lagocephalus in FishBase. June 2016 version.