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Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Tetraodontiformes
family
Tetraodontidae
genus
Lagocephalus
species
Lagocephalus laevigatus

Name

Synonyms
Holocanthus melanothos Gronow, 1854
Lagocephalus pachycephalus Jordan & Rutter, 1897
Lagocephalus pachycephalus Ranzani, 1839
Tetraodon laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Tetraodon pachycephalus Ranzani, 1839
Tetrodon laevigatus Linnaeus, 1766
Tetrodon lineolatus Poey, 1868
Tetrodon munnozius Larrañaga, 1923
Homonyms
Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Common names
Adpana in language.
Ako in language.
Ará in Portuguese
Baiacu in Portuguese
Baiacu branco in Portuguese
Baiacu-ara in Portuguese
Baiacu-arara in Portuguese
Baiacu-ará in Portuguese
Baiacu-bubu in Portuguese
Baiacu-caixão-de-rio in Portuguese
Baiacu-dondom in Portuguese
Baiacu-dondon in Portuguese
Baiacu-garajuba in Portuguese
Baiacu-guaiama in Portuguese
Baiacu-guaiamá in Portuguese
Baiacu-guara in Portuguese
Baiacu-guarajuba in Portuguese
Baiacu-guará in Portuguese
Baiacu-liso in Portuguese
Baiacu-liso in Portuguese
Baiacuará in Portuguese
Baiacuguaiama in Portuguese
Baiacuguaíma in Portuguese
Baiacuguima in Portuguese
Baiaçu in Portuguese
Baiaçu-verde in Portuguese
Baiaçu-verde in Portuguese
Bajacu in Portuguese
Balhaçu in Portuguese
Baun foki in Wolof
Bayakou in language.
Biaku in language.
Blaasop in Afrikaans
Botete grande in Spanish
Boun foki in Wolof
Coelho in language.
Compère lisse in French
Conejo in Spanish
Don-Don in Portuguese
Faux perroquet in French
Fougnigname in language.
Gede in Ewe
Glat kuglefisk in Danish
Guamaiacu in Portuguese
Guamaiacu-atinga in Portuguese
Nadymka in Polish
Pambo in language.
Peixe-bala in Portuguese
Peixe-balão in Portuguese
Peixe-coelho in Portuguese

Bibliographic References

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  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (12/2019).
  3. McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  4. Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick, 1997: null. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. xi + 324.
  5. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  6. Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, et al., eds., 2013: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Seventh Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 34. 243.
  7. Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354.
  8. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  9. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
  10. Shipp, R. L. / Fischer, W., ed., 1978: Tetraodontidae. FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes: Western Central Atlantic (Fishing Area 31), vol. 5.
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