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Sphaeroides 
AphiaID: 297838

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Tetraodontidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Sphoeroides Anonymous, 1798
Rank Genus
Parent Tetraodontidae
Source  basis of record: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

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Species Sphaeroides armilla (Waite & McCulloch, 1915) accepted as Omegophora armilla (Waite & McCulloch, 1915)
Species Sphaeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870) accepted as Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
Species Sphaeroides eulepidotus (Metzelaar, 1919) accepted as Sphoeroides greeleyi Gilbert, 1900
Species Sphaeroides halsteadi Whitley, 1957 accepted as Reicheltia halsteadi (Whitley, 1957)
Species Sphaeroides maculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Sphoeroides maculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Sphaeroides marleyi Fowler, 1929 accepted as Torquigener marleyi (Fowler, 1929)
Species Sphaeroides nephelus (Goode & Bean, 1882) accepted as Sphoeroides nephelus (Goode & Bean, 1882)
Species Sphaeroides niphobles Jordan & Snyder, 1901 accepted as Takifugu niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Species Sphaeroides oblongus (Bloch, 1786) accepted as Takifugu oblongus (Bloch, 1786)
Species Sphaeroides pleurospilus (Regan, 1919) accepted as Chelonodon pleurospilus (Regan, 1919)
Species Sphaeroides rubripes (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) accepted as Takifugu rubripes (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Sphaeroides spadiceus (Richardson, 1845) accepted as Lagocephalus spadiceus (Richardson, 1845)
Species Sphaeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785) accepted as Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785)
Species Sphaeroides testudineus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment marine, terrestrial
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:297838
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-02-21 16:46:40Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Sphaeroides. 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=297838 on 2013-05-22
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