Species details : Takifugu rubripes (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)

Accepted scientific name:
Takifugu rubripes (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Takifugu rubripes  (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Synonyms:
Fugu rubripes (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Fugu rubripes (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Fugu rubripes rubripes (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Fugu rubripes rubripes (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Sphaeroides rubripes (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Sphaeroides rubripes (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Tetraodon rubripes Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tetraodon rubripes Temminck & Schlegel, 1850
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Tiger puffer - English Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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Tora-fugu - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Torafugu - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Cha-ju-pok - Korean - Click here to show the literature
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자주복 Jajubok Korean - Click here to show the literature
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Hóng qí dōng fāng tún - Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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紅鰭多紀魨 Hong ci duo ji tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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紅鰭多紀魨 Hong ci duo ji tun Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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红鳍多纪鲀 - Mandarin Chinese - Click here to show the literature
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红鳍多纪鲀 Hong qi duo ji tun Mandarin Chinese China 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 Takifugu FishBase
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: western part of the Sea of Japan and the East China and Yellow seas northward to Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan.
Lifezones: Brackish,freshwater,marine
Additional data: Year from Eschmeyer (CofF 1998: Ref. 26282).
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=8198
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd89910d-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401