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Lagocephalus Swainson, 1839

AphiaID

126240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126240)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831

Synonymised names

Pleudranacanthus · unaccepted (misspelling)

Pleuranacanthus Bleeker, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Lagocephalus cheesemanii (Clarke, 1897)
Species Lagocephalus gloveri Abe & Tabeta, 1983
Species Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda Ribeiro, 1915
Species Lagocephalus inermis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789)
Species Lagocephalus spadiceus (Richardson, 1845)
Species Lagocephalus suezensis Clark & Gohar, 1953
Species Lagocephalus wheeleri Abe, Tabeta & Kitahama, 1984
Species Lagocephalus blochi Bonaparte, 1841 accepted as Amblyrhynchote honckenii (Bloch, 1785) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Lagocephalus exilis Tanaka, 1916 accepted as Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lagocephalus guntheri Miranda Ribeiro, 1915 accepted as Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda Ribeiro, 1915 (misspelling)
Species Lagocephalus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903 accepted as Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lagocephalus pachycephalus Ranzani, 1839 accepted as Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Lagocephalus pseudommus Chu, 1935 accepted as Takifugu pseudommus (Chu, 1935)
Species Lagocephalus scleratus (Gmelin, 1789) accepted as Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) (misspelling)
Species Lagocephalus scleratus Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) (misspelling)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lagocephalus Swainson, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126240 on 2026-07-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

additional source Swainson, W. (1839). The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. London. 2: i-vi + 1-448.
page(s): 194, 328 [details]