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Lagocephalus inermis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) 
AphiaID: 219955

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Tetraodontidae (Family) > Lagocephalus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Lagocephalus Swainson, 1839
Synonymised
taxa
  Tetraodon inermis Temminck & Schlegel, 1850
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los BaƱos, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English smooth blaasop  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Mozambique [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Host of  Caligus lagocephali Pillai, 1961 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lepeophtheirus lagocephali Pillai, 1963 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Naobranchia variabilis Brian, 1924 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Pseudochondracanthus diceraus Wilson C.B., 1908 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Taeniacanthus lagocephali Pearse, 1952 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Irodes lagocephali (Pearse, 1952) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Closely resembles the Atlantic species @L. laevigatus@ Linnaeus which reaches southern Angola (Ref. 4919). [details]

Remark: Author Eschmeyer, pers. comm. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219955
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Lagocephalus inermis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219955 on 2013-05-27
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