Species details : Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)

Accepted scientific name:
Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Sphoeroides pachygaster  (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
Synonyms:
Liosaccus aerobaticus Whitley, 1928 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Liosaccus aerobaticus Whitley, 1928
Liosaccus cutaneus (Günther, 1870) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Liosaccus cutaneus (Günther, 1870)
Liosaccus pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Liosaccus pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
Sphaeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Sphaeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870)
Spheroides dubius von Bonde, 1923 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Spheroides dubius von Bonde, 1923
Sphoeroides cutaneous (Günther, 1870) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Sphoeroides cutaneous (Günther, 1870)
Sphoeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Sphoeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870)
Sphoeroides dubius von Bonde, 1923 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Sphoeroides dubius von Bonde, 1923
Sphoeroides pachgaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Sphoeroides pachgaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
Tetraodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tetraodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848
Tetrodon cutaneus Günther, 1870 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tetrodon cutaneus Günther, 1870
Tetrodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tetrodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848
Thecapteryx lioderma Fowler, 1948 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Thecapteryx lioderma Fowler, 1948
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Stompkop-blaasop - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Balloonfish - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Blunthead blaasop - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Blunthead puffer - English - Click here to show the literature
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Blunthead puffer - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Blunthead puffer - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Bottlefish - English St Helena Click here to show the literature
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Puffer - English United Kingdom(Sicilian Channel, Central Mediterranean Sea) Click here to show the literature
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Puffer - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Smooth pufferfish - English - Click here to show the literature
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Smooth pufferfish - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Compère émoussé - French France Click here to show the literature
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Pesce palla - Italian Italy
Yoritofugu - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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불룩복 Bulrukbok Korean - Click here to show the literature
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圆鲀 Yuan tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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圓魨 Yuan tun Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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密沟圆鲀 Mi gou yuan tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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密溝圓魨 Mi gou yuan tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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澳洲密沟鲀 Ao zhou mi gou tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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澳洲密溝魨 - Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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皮質密溝魨 Pi jhih mi gou tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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皮质密沟鲀 Pi zhi mi gou tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Baiacu - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Peixe balão - Portuguese - Click here to show the literature
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Peixe-bola-liso - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Peixe-sapo - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Sapo do alto - Portuguese - Click here to show the literature
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Tamboril de fuera - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Tamboril ñato - Spanish Spain 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 Sphoeroides FishBase
Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas.
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=4296
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:27d52ee8-c365-11e4-869f-239583ce8323:col20150401