WoRMS taxon details
Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
127414 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127414)
accepted
Species
Lagocephalus exilis Tanaka, 1916 · unaccepted
Lagocephalus lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (synonym)
Lagocephalus lagocephalus nigridorsum Fowler, 1944 · unaccepted
Lagocephalus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903 · unaccepted
Tetraodon janthinus Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875 · unaccepted
Tetraodon lagocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Tetrodon pennantii Yarrell, 1836 · unaccepted
Tetrodon stellatus Donovan, 1804 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Lagocephalus lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Subspecies Lagocephalus lagocephalus nigridorsum Fowler, 1944 accepted as Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subspecies Lagocephalus lagocephalus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903 accepted as Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tetraodon lagocephalus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Description Oceanic, near surface (Ref. 2850). Carnivorous (Ref. 9349), feeds on crustaceans and squids (Ref. 10001).
Distribution Atlantic, Pacific and Indian: in tropical and subtropical waters. Western Atlantic: Newfoundland, Canada to Brazil
Description Oceanic, near surface (Ref. 2850). Carnivorous (Ref. 9349), feeds on crustaceans and squids (Ref. 10001). [details]
Distribution Atlantic, Pacific and Indian: in tropical and subtropical waters. Western Atlantic: Newfoundland, Canada to Brazil
Distribution Atlantic, Pacific and Indian: in tropical and subtropical waters. Western Atlantic: Newfoundland, Canada to Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127414 on 2024-11-21
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original description
(of Lagocephalus exilis Tanaka, 1916) Tanaka, S. (1916). Four new species of Japanese fishes. <em>Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo.</em> v. 28 (no. 327): 26-28. [In Japanese. English translation by K. Matsubara in files at Calif. Acad. Sciences. Tanaka translated title as "Four new species of fish from Japan."]. [details]
original description (of Tetraodon janthinus Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) Vaillant, L. L. ; Sauvage, H.E. (1875). Note sur quelques espèces nouvelles de poissons des îles Sandwich. <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Sér. 3).</em> v. 3: 278-287. [details]
original description (of Tetraodon lagocephalus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Tetrodon stellatus Donovan, 1804) Donovan, E. (1802-08). The natural history of British fishes, including scientific and general descriptions of the most interesting species, and an extensive selection of accurately finished coloured plates. <em>London.</em> 1-516 unnumbered, Pls. 1-120. [v. 1, 1802:1-70, Pls. 1-24; v. 2, 1803:71-164, Pls. 25-48; v. 3, 1804:165-300, Pls. 49-72; v. 4, 1806:301-406, Pls. 73-96, v. 5, 1808: 407-516, Pls. 97-120.].
page(s): 6 unnum. pp., Pl. 66 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 332 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 332 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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]
original description (of Tetraodon janthinus Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) Vaillant, L. L. ; Sauvage, H.E. (1875). Note sur quelques espèces nouvelles de poissons des îles Sandwich. <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Sér. 3).</em> v. 3: 278-287. [details]
original description (of Tetraodon lagocephalus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Tetrodon stellatus Donovan, 1804) Donovan, E. (1802-08). The natural history of British fishes, including scientific and general descriptions of the most interesting species, and an extensive selection of accurately finished coloured plates. <em>London.</em> 1-516 unnumbered, Pls. 1-120. [v. 1, 1802:1-70, Pls. 1-24; v. 2, 1803:71-164, Pls. 25-48; v. 3, 1804:165-300, Pls. 49-72; v. 4, 1806:301-406, Pls. 73-96, v. 5, 1808: 407-516, Pls. 97-120.].
page(s): 6 unnum. pp., Pl. 66 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 332 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 332 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Oceanic, near surface (Ref. 2850). Carnivorous (Ref. 9349), feeds on crustaceans and squids (Ref. 10001). [details]Diet Feeds on crustaceans and squids [details]
Distribution Atlantic, Pacific and Indian: in tropical and subtropical waters. Western Atlantic: Newfoundland, Canada to Brazil [details]
Habitat Primarily an oceanic, pelagic species but may enter estuaries. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, fishery and gamefish [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pufferfishoceanic pufferocean puffer | [details] |
| Japanese | クマサカフグ | [details] |
| Russian | Океанский зайцеголовый иглобрюх | [details] |
| Spanish | botete oceánico | [details] |
| Turkish | mavi balon baligi | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon pennantii Yarrell, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tetraodon janthinus Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Tetraodon lagocephalus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon stellatus Donovan, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Lagocephalus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Lagocephalus lagocephalus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lagocephalus lagocephalus)
To FishBase (from synonym Lagocephalus exilis Tanaka, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Lagocephalus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Lagocephalus lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lagocephalus lagocephalus nigridorsum Fowler, 1944)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon pennantii Yarrell, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon stellatus Donovan, 1804)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon lagocephalus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Lagocephalus lagocephalus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon janthinus Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)
To FishBase images (Lagocephalus lagocephalus lagocephalus, Namibia, by Alvheim, O./Institute of Marine Research (IMR)) (from synonym Lagocephalus lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 62 proteins)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 62 proteins) (from synonym Tetraodon lagocephalus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lagocephalus lagocephalus USNM 333968 radiograph dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lagocephalus oceanicus P14568 illustration) (from synonym Lagocephalus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To PESI (from synonym Lagocephalus lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon pennantii Yarrell, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tetraodon janthinus Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Tetraodon lagocephalus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon stellatus Donovan, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Lagocephalus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Lagocephalus lagocephalus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lagocephalus lagocephalus)
To FishBase (from synonym Lagocephalus exilis Tanaka, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Lagocephalus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Lagocephalus lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lagocephalus lagocephalus nigridorsum Fowler, 1944)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon pennantii Yarrell, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon stellatus Donovan, 1804)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon lagocephalus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Lagocephalus lagocephalus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon janthinus Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)
To FishBase images (Lagocephalus lagocephalus lagocephalus, Namibia, by Alvheim, O./Institute of Marine Research (IMR)) (from synonym Lagocephalus lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 62 proteins)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 62 proteins) (from synonym Tetraodon lagocephalus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lagocephalus lagocephalus USNM 333968 radiograph dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lagocephalus oceanicus P14568 illustration) (from synonym Lagocephalus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To PESI (from synonym Lagocephalus lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI
To ITIS
