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

Accepted scientific name:
Takifugu porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Takifugu porphyreus  (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Synonyms:
Fugu vermiculare porphyreum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Fugu vermiculare porphyreum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Fugu vermicularis porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (synonym)
Spheroides borealis Jordan & Snyder, 1901 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Spheroides borealis Jordan & Snyder, 1901
Tetraodon porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tetraodon porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Lilla kuglefisk - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Purple puffer - English - Click here to show the literature
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Ma-fugu - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Mafugu - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Namera-fugu - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Kǒm-pok - Korean - Click here to show the literature
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검복 Geombok Korean - Click here to show the literature
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Zĭ sè dōng fāng tún - Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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紫色多紀魨 Zih se duo ji tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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紫色多纪鲀 Zi se 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: southern Hokkaido, Japan to the East China Sea.
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: Year from Eschmeyer, pers. comm.
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=10303
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd85b79a-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401