Lagocephalus
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| 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 | |
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]
