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WoRMS taxon details

Pelagocephalus marki Heemstra & Smith, 1981

AphiaID

219958 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219958)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pelagocephalus Tyler & Paxton, 1979

Original name

Pelagocephalus marki Heemstra & Smith, 1981

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Heemstra, P. C.; Smith, M. M. (1981). Pelagocephalus marki, a new species of puffer fish (Tetraodontidae) from South Africa. Bulletin of Marine Science. 31 (4): 911-915. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pelagocephalus marki Heemstra & Smith, 1981. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219958 on 2026-07-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2002-01-02 17:49:40Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2017-07-04 08:16:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2017-07-07 06:50:58Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2017-08-18 10:28:24Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Heemstra, P. C.; Smith, M. M. (1981). Pelagocephalus marki, a new species of puffer fish (Tetraodontidae) from South Africa. Bulletin of Marine Science. 31 (4): 911-915. [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Ecology

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. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Other

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [details]