WoRMS taxon details
Takifugu niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
278419 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278419)
accepted
Species
Fugu niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) · unaccepted
Sphaeroides niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Spheroides niphobles Jordan & Snyder, 1901 · unaccepted
Sphoeroides niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Takyfugu niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Spheroides niphobles Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Jordan, D. S.; Snyder, J. O. (1901). A review of the gymnodont fishes of Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 24 (no. 1254): 229-264. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Takifugu niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278419 on 2025-03-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Spheroides niphobles Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Jordan, D. S.; Snyder, J. O. (1901). A review of the gymnodont fishes of Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 24 (no. 1254): 229-264. [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Grass puffer | [details] |
| Japanese | クサフグ | [details] |
| Russian | Белоточечная собака-рыба | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Spheroides niphobles Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Fugu niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Fugu niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901))
To FishBase (from synonym Spheroides niphobles Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Sphaeroides niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901))
To FishBase (from synonym Takyfugu niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901))
To FishBase images (Takifugu niphobles, Japan, by Patzner, R.)
To GenBank (275 nucleotides; 264 proteins)
To GenBank (275 nucleotides; 264 proteins) (from synonym Spheroides niphobles Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To GenBank (275 nucleotides; 264 proteins) (from synonym Fugu niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Takifugu niphobles USNM 393305 photograph lateral view color correction)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Spheroides niphobles Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Fugu niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Fugu niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901))
To FishBase (from synonym Spheroides niphobles Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Sphaeroides niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901))
To FishBase (from synonym Takyfugu niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901))
To FishBase images (Takifugu niphobles, Japan, by Patzner, R.)
To GenBank (275 nucleotides; 264 proteins)
To GenBank (275 nucleotides; 264 proteins) (from synonym Spheroides niphobles Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To GenBank (275 nucleotides; 264 proteins) (from synonym Fugu niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Takifugu niphobles USNM 393305 photograph lateral view color correction)
To ITIS
