IRMNG - Lagocephalus Swainson, 1839

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Lagocephalus Swainson, 1839

IRMNG_ID

1355262 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1355262)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831

Synonymised names

Apsicephalus Hollard, 1857 · unaccepted

Geneion Bibron in Duméril, 1855 · unaccepted

Laeviphysus Li in Su & Li, 2002 · unaccepted

Pleudranacanthus · unaccepted (misspelling)

Pleuranacanthus Bleeker, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)

Promecocephale Bibron in Duméril, 1855 · unaccepted

Promecocephalus Troschel, 1856 · unaccepted

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Species Lagocephalus argentatus
Species Lagocephalus gloveri Abe & Tabeta, 1983
Species Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda Ribeiro, 1915
Species Lagocephalus inermis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789)
Species Lagocephalus spadiceus (Richardson, 1845)
Species Lagocephalus suezensis Clark & Gohar, 1953
Species Lagocephalus wheeleri Abe, Tabeta & Kitahama, 1984
Species Lagocephalus blochi Bonaparte, 1841 accepted as Amblyrhynchotes honckenii (Bloch, 1785)
Species Lagocephalus cheesemanii (Clarke, 1897) accepted as Sphoeroides cheesemanii (Clarke, 1897)
Species Lagocephalus exilis Tanaka, 1916 accepted as Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lagocephalus guntheri Miranda Ribeiro, 1915 accepted as Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda Ribeiro, 1915
Species Lagocephalus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903 accepted as Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lagocephalus pachycephalus Jordan & Rutter, 1897 accepted as Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Lagocephalus pseudommus Chu, 1935 accepted as Takifugu pseudommus (Chu, 1935)
Species Lagocephalus scleratus Forster, 1789 accepted as Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789)
Species Lagocephalus scleratus Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

N. H. Fishes, etc., 2, 194
page(s): 328 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Kottelat 2001 provides a complicated and extensive review of the nomenclatural problems, with his own recommendations. It...

Taxonomic remark Kottelat 2001 provides a complicated and extensive review of the nomenclatural problems, with his own recommendations. It is suggested that Lagocephalus continue to be used for Lagocephalus lagocephalus following current usage with the type as Lagocephalus lagocephalus. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Lagocephalus Swainson, 1839. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1355262 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

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db_admin

2017-11-22 13:18:58Z

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Decock, Wim

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original description N. H. Fishes, etc., 2, 194
page(s): 328 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record SN2000/Fritzsche, 1982 [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Fritzsche, 1982 [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

original description (of Promecocephalus Troschel, 1856) Arch. Naturgesch., 22 (2)
page(s): 88 [details]

original description (of Pleuranacanthus Bleeker, 1865) Atlas Ichthyol., 5
page(s): 65 [details]

original description (of Apsicephalus Hollard, 1857) Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool., (4) 8, 324
page(s): 327 [details]

From other sources

Descriptive info From FishBase: Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: All Marine. [details]

Type species as cited Lagocephalus lagocephalus Linnaeus 1758 [details]

To WoRMS (from synonym Pleuranacanthus Bleeker, 1865)
To WoRMS
To WoRMS (from synonym Pleudranacanthus)