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Fugu 
AphiaID: 269172

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Tetraodontidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Tetraodontidae
Source Not documented
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Fugu vermiculare

Species Fugu alboplumbeus (Richardson, 1845) accepted as Takifugu alboplumbeus (Richardson, 1845)
Species Fugu chrysops (Hilgendorf, 1879) accepted as Takifugu chrysops (Hilgendorf, 1879)
Species Fugu flavidus Li, Wang & Wang, 1975 accepted as Takifugu flavidus (Li, Wang & Wang, 1975)
Species Fugu niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) accepted as Takifugu niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Species Fugu oblongus (Bloch, 1786) accepted as Takifugu oblongus (Bloch, 1786)
Species Fugu obscurus (Abe, 1949) accepted as Takifugu obscurus (Abe, 1949)
Species Fugu ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Takifugu ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Fugu pardalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) accepted as Takifugu pardalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Fugu poecilonotum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) accepted as Takifugu poecilonotus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Fugu poecilonotus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) accepted as Takifugu poecilonotus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Fugu reticularis Tian, Cheng & Wang, 1975 accepted as Takifugu reticularis (Tian, Cheng & Wang, 1975)
Species Fugu rubripes (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) accepted as Takifugu rubripes (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Fugu sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) accepted as Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789)
Species Fugu vermicularis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) accepted as Takifugu vermicularis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Fugu xanthopterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) accepted as Takifugu xanthopterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Environment marine, terrestrial
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:269172
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-01-15 10:18:16Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Fugu. 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=269172 on 2013-05-24
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