Lagocephalus Explained

Lagocephalus is a genus of fish in the family Tetraodontidae (pufferfishes) with a circumglobal distribution.

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:

• Lagocephalus cheesemanii (Clarke, 1897)
• Lagocephalus gloveri Abe & Tabeta, 1983
• Lagocephalus guentheri (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915) (diamond-back puffer)
• Lagocephalus inermis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (smooth blaasop)
• Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (smooth puffer)
• Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (oceanic puffer)
• Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (lunartail puffer)
• Lagocephalus sceleratus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (silver-cheeked puffer)
• Lagocephalus spadiceus (J. Richardson, 1845) (half-smooth golden puffer)
• Lagocephalus suezensis (E. Clark & Gohar, 1953)
• Lagocephalus wheeleri Abe, Tabeta & Kitahama, 1984