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

Lagocephalus suezensis Clark & Gohar, 1953

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lagocephalus*	Swainson, 1839	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Λαγοκέφαλος του Σουέζ sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: לגינון sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: カイユウセンニンフグ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Turkish: balon baligi

Literature

original description	Clark, E.; Gohar, H. A. F. (1953). The fishes of the Red Sea: Order Plectognathi. Publications of the Marine Biological Station Al-Ghardaqa (Red Sea). No. 8: 1-80, 2 maps, Pls. 1-5.
additional source	Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. Biological Invasions. 11(3): 697-711.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Lagocephalus suezensis, by Randall, J.E.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lagocephalus suezensis Clark & Gohar, 1953. 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:275268