Taxon profile

species

Balloonfish
Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes » order Tetraodontiformes » family Tetraodontidae - puffers » genus Sphoeroides

Scientific synonyms

Tetrodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848
Liosaccus pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
Tetrodon cutaneus Günther, 1870
Sphoeroides cutaneus Günther, 1870
Sphaeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870)
Liosaccus cutaneus (Günther, 1870)
Spheroides dubius von Bonde, 1923
Thecapteryx lioderma Fowler, 1948
Sphoeroides pachgaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)

Other names

= Blunthead Blaasop
= Blunthead Puffer
= Bottlefish
= Puffer

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IUCN category 2018-1:	Vulnerable as Liosaccus pachygaster
IUCN category 2018-1:	Least Concern
Data last updated: 2021-02-21 17:53:16

Links and literature

FishBase [4296]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]

AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/25513]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018-1 [12103]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Liosaccus pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)]
Data retrieved on: 3 August 2018

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018-1 [190193]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)]
Data retrieved on: 3 August 2018

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