Lagocephalus laevigatus

Lagocephalus laevigatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetraodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Tetraodontiformes Subordo: Tetraodontoidei

Familia: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Lagocephalus
Species: Lagocephalus laevigatus

Name

Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus (ex Garden), 1766: 411)

Holotype: No types known.

Type locality: Carolina [South Carolina, U.S.A.].

Synonyms

• Tetrodon laevigatus Linnaeus (ex Garden), 1766: 411
• Tetrodon lineolatus Poey, 1868: 432
• Holocanthus melanothos Gronow in Gray 1854: 24
• Tetrodon munnozius Larrañaga, 1923: 389
• Tetraodon pachycephalus Ranzani, 1839: 73 [9], Pl. 10 (figs. 2a-e)

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1766: Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1–532.
• Bañón, R. & V. Santás 2011: First recod of Lagocephalus laevigatus (Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae) from Galician waters (north-west Spain), a northernmost occurrence in the north-east Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology: [1-5].
• Lagocephalus laevigatus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Smooth Puffer

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