- Source: Lagocephalus
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