Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Tetraodontiformes > Family Tetraodontidae

Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Spheroides*	Lacepède, 1800	synonym

Children

Sphoeroides marmoratus (Lowe, 1838)
Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヨリトフグ属

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Anonymous [Lacepède]. (1798). [Review of] Tome I of `Histoire naturelle des poissons' by Lacepède (1798). Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung. 798 (pt. 3) (no. 287) (for 24 Sept. 1798): columns 673-680. [Presented at meeting of 24 September. Apparently the first Latinization of a few Lacepède genera.].
taxonomy source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126241