Species details : Lagocephalus spadiceus (Richardson, 1845)

Accepted scientific name:
Lagocephalus spadiceus (Richardson, 1845) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Lagocephalus spadiceus  (Richardson, 1845)
Synonyms:
Gastrophysus spadiceus (Richardson, 1845) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Gastrophysus spadiceus (Richardson, 1845)
Sphaeroides spadiceus (Richardson, 1845) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Sphaeroides spadiceus (Richardson, 1845)
Spheroides spadiceus (Richardson, 1845) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Spheroides spadiceus (Richardson, 1845)
Sphoeroides spadiceus (Richardson, 1845) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Sphoeroides spadiceus (Richardson, 1845)
Tetrodon lunaris (non Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Tetrodon lunaris (non Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Tetrodon spadiceus Richardson, 1845 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tetrodon spadiceus Richardson, 1845
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Niffakha - Arabic Lebanon Click here to show the literature
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Brown backed toadfish - English Djibouti Click here to show the literature
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Brown-backed toadfish - English Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature
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Chinese blaasop - English India Click here to show the literature
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Half-smooth golden pufferfish - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Buntal kerisi - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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Buntal pisang - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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棕斑兔头鲀 Zong ban tu tou tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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棕斑兔頭魨 Zong ban tu tou tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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棕斑腹刺魨 Zong ban fu cih tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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棕斑腹刺鲀 Zong ban fu ci tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Mavibalon balığı - Turkish Turkey Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Tetraodontiformes FishBase
Family Tetraodontidae FishBase
Genus Lagocephalus FishBase
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, South Africa, Australia. Introduced (Lessepsian) in eastern Mediterranean, Israel, Lebanon, Iskenderun, Mersin, Aegean Sea.
Lifezones: Brackish,marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Matsuura, K., 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=8180
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd899eff-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401