WoRMS taxon details
Takifugu porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
278424 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278424)
accepted
Species
Fugu vermicularis porphyreus (Temminck & schlegel, 1850) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Spheroides borealis Jordan & Snyder, 1901 · unaccepted
Tetraodon porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tetraodon porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1850). Pisces. <em>In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.). Last part (15): 270-324.</em> [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Takifugu porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278424 on 2025-05-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tetraodon porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1850). Pisces. <em>In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.). Last part (15): 270-324.</em> [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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Purple puffer | [details] |
| Japanese | マフグ | [details] |
| Russian | Северная собака-рыба | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tetraodon porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Spheroides borealis Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Takifugu porphyreus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Fugu vermiculare porphyreum (Temminck & schlegel, 1850))
To FishBase (from synonym Fugu vermicularis porphyreus (Temminck & schlegel, 1850))
To FishBase (from synonym Spheroides borealis Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To FishBase images (Takifugu porphyreus, Japan, by Suzuki, T.)
To GenBank (187 nucleotides; 94 proteins)
To GenBank (187 nucleotides; 94 proteins) (from synonym Tetraodon porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Takifugu porphyreus USNM 394113 photograph dorsal view color correction)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tetraodon porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Spheroides borealis Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Takifugu porphyreus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Fugu vermiculare porphyreum (Temminck & schlegel, 1850))
To FishBase (from synonym Fugu vermicularis porphyreus (Temminck & schlegel, 1850))
To FishBase (from synonym Spheroides borealis Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To FishBase images (Takifugu porphyreus, Japan, by Suzuki, T.)
To GenBank (187 nucleotides; 94 proteins)
To GenBank (187 nucleotides; 94 proteins) (from synonym Tetraodon porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Takifugu porphyreus USNM 394113 photograph dorsal view color correction)
To ITIS
