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Pelagic Pufferfishes
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Pelagic Pufferfishes

Lagocephalus

Lagocephalus (from Ancient Greek λαγώς (lagṓs), meaning "hare", and κεφαλή (kephalḗ), meaning "head", in reference to its rabbit-like face) is a genus of pufferfishes in the family Tetraodontidae with a circumglobal distribution.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Silver Puffer

speciesLagocephalus sceleratus

Smooth Puffer

speciesLagocephalus laevigatus

Rough Golden Puffer

speciesLagocephalus lunaris

Ocean Puffer

speciesLagocephalus lagocephalus

Half-smooth Golden Puffer

speciesLagocephalus spadiceus

Suez Puffer

speciesLagocephalus suezensis

Smooth Golden Puffer

speciesLagocephalus inermis

Cheeseman's Puffer

speciesLagocephalus cheesemanii

Diamondback Puffer

speciesLagocephalus guentheri

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89310.