Takifugu

Takifugu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Subfamily: Tetraodontinae
Genus: Takifugu
T. Abe, 1949
Type species
Takifugu ocellatus
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

25, See species table below

Synonyms

Gastrophysus Müller, 1843
Fugu T. Abe, 1952

A takifugu or fugu is a ray-finned fish belonging to the genus Takifugu.

  1. ↑ Kottelat, Maurice (2013). The fishes of the inland waters of Southeast Asia: A catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Vol. 27. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. p. 476.
  2. ↑ Matsuura, Keiichi (1990). "The pufferfish genus Fugu Abe, 1952, a junior subjective synonym of Takifugu Abe, 1949". Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, Ser. A. 16: 15–20.