Takifugu

Takifugu
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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[1]
Fugu T. Abe, 1952[2]

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.