Species details : Tetrosomus gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Accepted scientific name:
Tetrosomus gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Tetrosomus gibbosus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms:
Ostracion gibbosus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ostracion gibbosus Linnaeus, 1758
Ostracion turritus Forsskål, 1775 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ostracion turritus Forsskål, 1775
Rhinesomus gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Rhinesomus gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tertrosomus gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tertrosomus gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tetrasoma gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tetrasoma gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tetrasomus gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tetrasomus gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tetrosomus gibosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tetrosomus gibosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Boggel-koffervis - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Samak yoanis - Arabic Oman Click here to show the literature
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Sandooq al bahar - Arabic Qatar Click here to show the literature
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Sandooq al bahar zat sawkaht a'dh'dhar - Arabic Oman Click here to show the literature
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Tabarong - Bikol Philippines(Albay and Camarines Sur) Click here to show the literature
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Baka-baka - Cebuano Philippines(Cebu) Click here to show the literature
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Taballong - Chavacano Philippines(Zamboanga) Click here to show the literature
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Coffre - Creole, French Mauritius Click here to show the literature
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Trekantet kuffertfisk - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Buktot - Davawenyo Philippines(Davao) Click here to show the literature
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Butiti - Davawenyo Philippines(Davao) Click here to show the literature
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Humpback turretfish - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Humpback turretfish - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Humpback turretfish - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Hunchback boxfish - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Hunchback turretfish - English Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature
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Coffre bossu - French - Click here to show the literature
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Kofferfisch - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Baka-baka - Hiligaynon Philippines(Iloilo) Click here to show the literature
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Bimmaka - Ilokano Philippines(Aparri, Cagayan) Click here to show the literature
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Rakuda-hakofugu - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Buntal kotak - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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Buntal peti - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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Kapila - Malay (individual language) Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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駝背三稜箱魨 Tuo bei san leng siang tun Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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駝背真三棱箱魨 Tuo bei jhen san leng siang tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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驼背三棱箱鲀 Tuo bei san leng xiang tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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驼背真三棱箱鲀 Tuo bei zhen san leng xiang tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Kostera piramidalna - Polish Poland Click here to show the literature
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Cofre jorobado - Spanish - Click here to show the literature
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Pyramidkoffertfisk - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature
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Baka baka - Tagalog Philippines(Metro Manila) Click here to show the literature
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Baka-bakahan - Tagalog Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Tabarong - Tagalog Philippines(Calauag, Quezon) Click here to show the literature
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Baul-baul - Waray (Philippines) Philippines(Catbalogan, Samar) Click here to show the literature
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Tabarong - Waray (Philippines) Philippines(Catbalogan, Samar) Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Tetraodontiformes FishBase
Family Ostraciidae FishBase
Genus Tetrosomus FishBase
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea (Ref. 3141) and East Africa to Indonesia, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Immigrated into the southeastern Mediterranean through the Suez Canal.
Lifezones: 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=8129
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd89bcf5-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401