Sphoeroides pachygaster
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-03
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127417 on 2026-08-03
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2008-01-15T18:27:08Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
class: Teleostei
family: Tetraodontidae
genus: Sphoeroides
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Whitley, G. P. (1928). Studies in ichthyology. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum. v. 16 (no. 4): 211-239, Pls. 16-18.
name published in: von Bonde, C. (1923). Shallow-water fishes procured by the S. S. "Pickle.". Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep. 3 (art. 1): 1-40, Pls. 1-9.
name published in: Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549.
name published in: Schomburgk, R. H. (1848). The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical description of the island and an account of its geology and natural productions. London. i-xx + 1-722. 7 pls.
name published in: Fowler, H. W. (1948). Description of a new swell-fish from off New Jersey. Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia). 208: 1-4.
name published in year: 1928
name published in year: 1923
name published in year: 1870
name published in year: 1848
name published in year: 1948
order: Tetraodontiformes
parent name usage ID: 126241
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
specific epithet: pachygaster
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted