Lagocephalus
Genus of fishes
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Lagocephalus (from Ancient Greek λαγώς (lagṓs), meaning "hare", and κεφαλή (kephalḗ), meaning "head", in reference to its rabbit-like face) is a genus of pufferfishes in the family Tetraodontidae with a circumglobal distribution.[1]
| Lagocephalus | |
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| Lagocephalus spadiceus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Tetraodontinae |
| Genus: | Lagocephalus Swainson, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Tetraodon lagocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
- Lagocephalus cheesemanii (Clarke, 1897)
- Lagocephalus gloveri Abe & Tabeta, 1983
- Lagocephalus guentheri (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915) (diamond-back puffer)
- Lagocephalus inermis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (smooth blaasop)
- Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (smooth puffer)
- Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (oceanic puffer)
- Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (lunartail puffer)
- Lagocephalus sceleratus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (silver-cheeked puffer)
- Lagocephalus spadiceus (J. Richardson, 1845) (half-smooth golden puffer)
- Lagocephalus suezensis (E. Clark & Gohar, 1953)
- Lagocephalus wheeleri Abe, Tabeta & Kitahama, 1984
