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Takifugu obscurus (Abe, 1949)

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278420  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278420)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Tetraodontiformes (Order)
  11. Tetraodontidae (Family)
  12. Takifugu (Genus)
  13. Takifugu obscurus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sphoeroides ocellatus obscurus Abe, 1949) Abe, T. (1949). Taxonomic studies on the puffers (Tetraodontidae, Teleostei) from Japan and adjacent regions -- V. Synopsis of the puffers from Japan and adjacent regions. <em>Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan.</em> v. 14 (no. 13): 89-140, Pls. 1-2. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Takifugu obscurus (Abe, 1949). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278420 on 2025-04-18
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
created
Bailly, Nicolas
2020-12-15 13:07:03Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Sphoeroides ocellatus obscurus Abe, 1949) Abe, T. (1949). Taxonomic studies on the puffers (Tetraodontidae, Teleostei) from Japan and adjacent regions -- V. Synopsis of the puffers from Japan and adjacent regions. <em>Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan.</em> v. 14 (no. 13): 89-140, Pls. 1-2. [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] OpenAccess publication

Other

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] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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Japanese メフグ  [details]
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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Takifugu obscurus) 
To FishBase (from synonym Fugu obscurus (Abe, 1949))
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Sphoeroides ocellatus obscurus Abe, 1949)
To FishBase images (Takifugu obscurus, by CAFS) 
To GenBank (278 nucleotides; 239 proteins) 
To GenBank (278 nucleotides; 239 proteins) (from synonym Fugu obscurus (Abe, 1949))
To GenBank (278 nucleotides; 239 proteins) (from synonym Sphoeroides ocellatus obscurus Abe, 1949)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Takifugu obscurus</i>, by CAFS)
To FishBase images (Takifugu obscurus, by CAFS)
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