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.

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:

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

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