Weeler's pufferfish
Lagocephalus wheeleri Abe, Tabeta & Kitahama, 1984
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lagocephalus wheeleri Abe, Tabeta & Kitahama, 1984
- Name authority
- Abe, Tabeta & Kitahama, 1984
- Common name
- Weeler's pufferfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
- Genus
- Lagocephalus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderTetraodontiformes
- suborderTetraodontoidei
- familyTetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831
- genusLagocephalus Swainson, 1839
- speciesLagocephalus wheeleri Abe, Tabeta & Kitahama, 1984
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lagocephalus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lagocephalus gloveri Abe & Tabeta, 1983 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| smooth blaasopLagocephalus inermis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| smooth pufferLagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lagocephalus spadiceus (Richardson, 1845) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lagocephalus suezensis Clark & Gohar, 1953 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lagocephalus cheesemanii (Clarke, 1897) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda Ribeiro, 1915 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ocean pufferLagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| silverstripe blaasopLagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Gastrophysus wheeleri (Abe, Tabeta & Kitahama, 1984) (Abe, Tabeta & Kitahama, 1984) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Abe, T., Tabeta, O., & Kitahama, K. (1984). Notes on some swellfishes of the genus Lagocephalus (Tetraodontidae, Teleostei) with description of a new species from Japan. Uo (Japanese Society of Ichthyologists), 34: 1–10, Pls. 1–3. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3RX95. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.