Takifugu oblongus

Takifugu oblongus,[2] known as the oblong blowfish or lattice blaasop, is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific, where it ranges from South Africa to Indonesia, Japan, and Australia. It lives primarily in coastal marine environments, although it is known to enter brackish water. The species reaches 40 cm (15.8 inches) SL.[3]

Takifugu oblongus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Takifugu
Species:
T. oblongus
Binomial name
Takifugu oblongus
(Bloch, 1786)
Synonyms
  • Tetraodon waandersii [1]
  • Fugu oblongus
  • Sphaeroides oblongus
  • Sphoeroides oblongus
  • Takyfugu oblongus
  • Tetraodon oblongus
  • Tetrodon oblongus
  • Torquigener oblongus

References
  1. Kottelat, M. (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. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Takifugu oblongus (Bloch, 1786)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Takifugu oblongus". FishBase.


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