WoRMS taxon details
Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789)
219954 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219954)
accepted
Species
Fugu sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted
Gastrophysis sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gastrophysus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted
Gastrophysus scleratus (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lagocephalus scleratus (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lagocephalus scleratus Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pleudranacanthus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pleuranacanthus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted
Spheroides sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Sphoeroides sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted
Sphoeroides scleratus (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tetraodon bicolor Brevoort, 1856 · unaccepted
Tetraodon blochii Castelnau, 1861 · unaccepted
Tetraodon sceleratus Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tetrodon sceleratus Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Found on offhsore reefs (Ref. 9563). Also poisonous to eat (Ref. 4919, 9137).
Description Found on offhsore reefs (Ref. 9563). Also poisonous to eat (Ref. 4919, 9137). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219954 on 2024-04-24
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original description
(of Tetraodon blochii Castelnau, 1861) Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. <em>Paris.</em> i-vii + 1-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1722840#page/9/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Tetraodon bicolor Brevoort, 1856) Brevoort, J. C. (1856). Notes on some figures of Japanese fish taken from recent specimens by the artists of the U. S. Japan Expedition. <em>In: M. C. Perry, Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854 under the command of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the United States. Vol. 2. U.S. Senate Ex. Doc. No. 79, 33rd Congress, 2nd Session. Beverley Tucker, Washington, D.C. [i-viii] + 1-414 + 1-14 + I-XI + [1], 17 folded charts, Pls.</em> Pp. 253-288, Pls. 3-12 (color).
page(s): 283 [details]
original description (of Tetraodon sceleratus Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,.</em> 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516].
page(s): 1444 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Jribi, I.; Bradai, M. (2012). First record of the Lessepsian migrant species Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontidae) in the Central Mediterranean. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1(1): 49-52., available online at http://www.reabic.net/journals/bir/2012/1/BIR_2012_1_Jribi_Bradai.pdf [details]
additional source Akyol, O.; Unal, V.; Ceyhan, T.; Bilecenoglu, M. (2005). First confirmed record of Lagocephalus sceleratus(Gmelin, 1789) in the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Journal of Fish Biology.</em> 66(4): 1183-1186., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00667.x [details]
additional source Corsini, M., Margies, P., Kondilatos , G. & Economidis, P. S. (2006). Three new exotic fish records from the SE Aegean Greek waters. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 70(2): 319-323. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Golani, D.; Levy, Y. (2005). New records and rare occurrences of fish species from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Zoology in the Middle East.</em> 36(1): 27-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2005.10638124 [details]
additional source Azzurro, E.; Castriota, L.; Falautano, M.; Giardina, F.; Andaloro, F. (2014). The silver-cheeked toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) reaches Italian waters. <em>Journal of Applied Ichthyology.</em> 30(5): 1050-1052., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.12471 [details]
additional source Deidun, A.; Fenech-Farrugia, A.; Castriota, L.; Falautano, M.; Azzurro, E.; Andaloro, F. (2015). First record of the silver-cheeked toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) from Malta. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 4(2): 139-142., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2015.4.2.11 [details]
additional source Halim Y.; Rizkalla S. (2011). Aliens in Egyptian Mediterranean waters. A check-list of Erythrean fish with new records. <em>Medit. Mar. Sci.</em> 12 (2): 479-490. [details]
additional source Izquierdo-Muñoz, A.; Izquierdo-Gomez, D. (2014). First record of Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) Actinopterygii, Tetraodontidae) on the Mediterranean Spanish coast. <em>In: Katsanevakis S et al. (2014), New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (October, 2014). Mediterranean Marine Science 15(3): 675–695.</em> [details]
additional source Kara, M. H.; Ben Lamine, E.; Francour, P. (2015). Range expansion of an invasive pufferfish, Lagocephalus sceleratus (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), to the south-western Mediterranean. <em>Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria.</em> 45(1): 103-108., available online at https://doi.org/10.3750/aip2014.45.1.13 [details]
additional source Šprem, J. D.; Dobroslavić, T.; Kožul, V.; Kuzman, A.; Dulčić, J. (2014). First record of Lagocephalus sceleratus in the Adriatic Sea (Croatian coast), a Lessepsian migrant. <em>Cybium.</em> 38(2): 147–148. [details]
additional source Tiralongo, F.; Tibullo, D. (2014). Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789), (Pisces: Tetraodontidae) reaches the Italian Ionian Sea. <em>In: Kapiris et al. (2014) New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 15(1): 198–212. [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
original description (of Tetraodon bicolor Brevoort, 1856) Brevoort, J. C. (1856). Notes on some figures of Japanese fish taken from recent specimens by the artists of the U. S. Japan Expedition. <em>In: M. C. Perry, Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854 under the command of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the United States. Vol. 2. U.S. Senate Ex. Doc. No. 79, 33rd Congress, 2nd Session. Beverley Tucker, Washington, D.C. [i-viii] + 1-414 + 1-14 + I-XI + [1], 17 folded charts, Pls.</em> Pp. 253-288, Pls. 3-12 (color).
page(s): 283 [details]
original description (of Tetraodon sceleratus Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,.</em> 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516].
page(s): 1444 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Jribi, I.; Bradai, M. (2012). First record of the Lessepsian migrant species Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontidae) in the Central Mediterranean. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1(1): 49-52., available online at http://www.reabic.net/journals/bir/2012/1/BIR_2012_1_Jribi_Bradai.pdf [details]
additional source Akyol, O.; Unal, V.; Ceyhan, T.; Bilecenoglu, M. (2005). First confirmed record of Lagocephalus sceleratus(Gmelin, 1789) in the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Journal of Fish Biology.</em> 66(4): 1183-1186., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00667.x [details]
additional source Corsini, M., Margies, P., Kondilatos , G. & Economidis, P. S. (2006). Three new exotic fish records from the SE Aegean Greek waters. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 70(2): 319-323. [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Golani, D.; Levy, Y. (2005). New records and rare occurrences of fish species from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Zoology in the Middle East.</em> 36(1): 27-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2005.10638124 [details]
additional source Azzurro, E.; Castriota, L.; Falautano, M.; Giardina, F.; Andaloro, F. (2014). The silver-cheeked toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) reaches Italian waters. <em>Journal of Applied Ichthyology.</em> 30(5): 1050-1052., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.12471 [details]
additional source Deidun, A.; Fenech-Farrugia, A.; Castriota, L.; Falautano, M.; Azzurro, E.; Andaloro, F. (2015). First record of the silver-cheeked toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) from Malta. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 4(2): 139-142., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2015.4.2.11 [details]
additional source Halim Y.; Rizkalla S. (2011). Aliens in Egyptian Mediterranean waters. A check-list of Erythrean fish with new records. <em>Medit. Mar. Sci.</em> 12 (2): 479-490. [details]
additional source Izquierdo-Muñoz, A.; Izquierdo-Gomez, D. (2014). First record of Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) Actinopterygii, Tetraodontidae) on the Mediterranean Spanish coast. <em>In: Katsanevakis S et al. (2014), New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (October, 2014). Mediterranean Marine Science 15(3): 675–695.</em> [details]
additional source Kara, M. H.; Ben Lamine, E.; Francour, P. (2015). Range expansion of an invasive pufferfish, Lagocephalus sceleratus (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), to the south-western Mediterranean. <em>Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria.</em> 45(1): 103-108., available online at https://doi.org/10.3750/aip2014.45.1.13 [details]
additional source Šprem, J. D.; Dobroslavić, T.; Kožul, V.; Kuzman, A.; Dulčić, J. (2014). First record of Lagocephalus sceleratus in the Adriatic Sea (Croatian coast), a Lessepsian migrant. <em>Cybium.</em> 38(2): 147–148. [details]
additional source Tiralongo, F.; Tibullo, D. (2014). Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789), (Pisces: Tetraodontidae) reaches the Italian Ionian Sea. <em>In: Kapiris et al. (2014) New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 15(1): 198–212. [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species abundance in Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Common [details]Introduced species impact in Aegean Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Human health [details]
Introduced species impact in Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (IHO Sea Area) : Human health [details]
Introduced species impact in Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Consumes native species (predator or herbivore) [details]
Introduced species impact in Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Human health [details]
Introduced species population trend in Aegean Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Increasing [details]
Introduced species population trend in Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (IHO Sea Area) : Increasing [details]
Introduced species population trend in Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Increasing [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal Egyptian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal Lebanese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal Cypriote part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals (Suez Canal) [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Tunisia (Nation) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Tunisia (Nation) : Considered to be a Lessepsian migrant (entered the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal from the Red Sea). [details]
From other sources
Description Found on offhsore reefs (Ref. 9563). Also poisonous to eat (Ref. 4919, 9137). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | silverstripe blaasop | [details] |
| Hebrew | לגינון | [details] |
| Japanese | センニンフグ | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Ασημένιος λαγοκέφαλος | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (106 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gastrophysis sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Tetraodon bicolor Brevoort, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Spheroides sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tetraodon blochii Castelnau, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pleuranacanthus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon sceleratus Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lagocephalus scleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lagocephalus scleratus Gmelin, 1789)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tetrodon sceleratus Gmelin, 1789)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pleuranacanthus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tetraodon sceleratus Gmelin, 1789)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase (from synonym Gastrophysus scleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sphoeroides sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon bicolor Brevoort, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon blochii Castelnau, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Lagocephalus scleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Spheroides sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Gastrophysus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Fugu sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuranacanthus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon sceleratus Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleudranacanthus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Sphoeroides scleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Gastrophysis sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Lagocephalus scleratus Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon sceleratus Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase images (Lagocephalus sceleratus, Greece, by Patzner, R.)
To GenBank (445 nucleotides; 185 proteins)
To GenBank (445 nucleotides; 185 proteins) (from synonym Tetrodon sceleratus Gmelin, 1789)
To GenBank (445 nucleotides; 185 proteins) (from synonym Pleuranacanthus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lagocephalus sceleratus FIN034805 Slide 120 mm)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gastrophysis sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Tetraodon bicolor Brevoort, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Spheroides sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tetraodon blochii Castelnau, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pleuranacanthus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon sceleratus Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lagocephalus scleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lagocephalus scleratus Gmelin, 1789)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tetrodon sceleratus Gmelin, 1789)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pleuranacanthus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tetraodon sceleratus Gmelin, 1789)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase (from synonym Gastrophysus scleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sphoeroides sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon bicolor Brevoort, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon blochii Castelnau, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Lagocephalus scleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Spheroides sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Gastrophysus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Fugu sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuranacanthus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon sceleratus Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleudranacanthus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Sphoeroides scleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Gastrophysis sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Lagocephalus scleratus Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon sceleratus Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase images (Lagocephalus sceleratus, Greece, by Patzner, R.)
To GenBank (445 nucleotides; 185 proteins)
To GenBank (445 nucleotides; 185 proteins) (from synonym Tetrodon sceleratus Gmelin, 1789)
To GenBank (445 nucleotides; 185 proteins) (from synonym Pleuranacanthus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lagocephalus sceleratus FIN034805 Slide 120 mm)
To PESI
To ITIS
