Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- order
- Tetraodontiformes
- family
- Tetraodontidae
- genus
- Sphoeroides
- species
- Sphoeroides pachygaster
Name
- Synonyms
- Liosaccus aerobaticus Whitley, 1928
- Liosaccus cutaneus (Günther, 1870)
- Liosaccus pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
- Sphaeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870)
- Spheroides dubius von Bonde, 1923
- Spheroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
- Spheroides pachygaster var. levis Borodin, 1928
- Sphoeroides cutaneous (Günther, 1870)
- Sphoeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870)
- Sphoeroides dubius von Bonde, 1923
- Sphoeroides pachgaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
- Tetraodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848
- Tetrodon cutaneus Günther, 1870
- Tetrodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848
- Thecapteryx lioderma Fowler, 1948
- Homonyms
- Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
- Common names
- Baiacu-borracha in Portuguese
- Balloonfish in English
- Blunthead Blaasop in English
- Blunthead Puffer in English
- Blunthead puffer in English
- Blunthead puffer in English
- Bottlefish in English
- Compère Émoussé in French
- Compère émoussé in French
- Compère émoussé, Tétrodon à tête carrée in French
- Peix bola d'aigües profundes in Catalan–Valencian
- Pesce palla liscio in Italian
- Puffer in English
- Puffer in English
- Smooth pufferfish in English
- Tamboril de Fuera in Spanish
- Tamboril de fuera in Spanish
- Tamboril Ñato in Spanish
- Tamboril ñato in Spanish
- Tétrodon à tête carrée in French
- Yoritofugu in Japanese
- balon baligi in Turkish
- balon baligi in Turkish
- blunthead puffer in English
- blunthead puffer in English
- blunthead puffer in English
- botete chato in Spanish
- botete chato in Spanish
- botete chato in Spanish
- kuglakož in Croatian
- raitapyrstöpallokala in Finnish
- smooth pufferfish in English
- smooth pufferfish in English
- sphéroïde trogne in French
- sphéroïde trogne in French
- sphéroïde trogne in French
- titeve hue hue in language.
- čtverzubec tlustobřichý in Czech
- Βραχυκέφαλος τετραόδοντας in Greek, Modern (1453-)
- Βραχυκέφαλος τετραόδοντας in Greek, Modern (1453-)
- Тупоголовая рыба-шар in Russian
- Тупоголовая рыба-шар in Russian
- ヨリトフグ in Japanese
- ヨリトフグ in Japanese
- 密溝圓魨 in Chinese
- 密溝圓魨(皺紋光魨) in Chinese
- 氣規 in Chinese
- 縱褶河魨 in Chinese
- 規仔 in Chinese
- Blunthead Puffer in English
Bibliographic References
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