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View Mode View All Pictures Species Lagocephalus melanothos (Gronow 1854)    Lagocephalus melanothos was originally described as Holocanthus melanothos by Gronow in 1854. It belongs to the family Tetraodontidae and subfamily Tetraodontinae. It is found in Brackish and Salt water.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   melanothos AuthorWI   Gronow [L. T.] AuthorNI   Gronow Qualification   in Gray Year   1854 Status   Synonym Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontiformes Family   Tetraodontidae Subfamily   Tetraodontinae Tetraodontinae Genus   Lagocephalus Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Tetraodontiformes Family   Tetraodontidae Subfamily   Tetraodontinae Genus   Lagocephalus Original Name   Holocanthus         Taxon Name   melanothos Original Combination   Holocanthus melanothos Original Genus   Holocanthus Original Genus Species   Holocanthus melanothos OriginalSubGenus   Holocanthus Original Author   Gronow Original AuthorWI   Gronow [L. T.] Original Qualification   in Gray Original Year   1854 Original Family   Tetraodontidae Original SubFamily   Tetraodontinae Original Level   species Type Locality   American Ocean, Carolinas, U.S.A. Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:246 [ref. 13434] but as holotype. Primary Code   --- Page   24 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Lagocephalus laevigatus Current Species   laevigatus Current Genus   Lagocephalus Current AuthorWI   Linnaeus [C.] Current AuthorNI   Linnaeus Current Year   1766 Current Family   Tetraodontidae Current Subfamily   Tetraodontinae Tetraodontinae         Water Brackish and Salt water     Distribution --- Current Summary   Synonym of Lagocephalus laevigatus  (Linnaeus 1766). Tetraodontidae.   Name History   • Synonym of Lagocephalus laevigatus  (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Wheeler 1958:246 [ref. 13434], Ebert 2001:92 [ref. 25494]). Common Names Picture Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 2 (26 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   argentatus Lagocephalus argentatus (Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1804) Synonym argentatus Pleuracanthus argentatus (Bleeker [P.] 1865) Synonym bicolor Lagocephalus bicolor (Brevoort [J. C.] 1856) Synonym blochi Lagocephalus blochi Bonaparte [C. L.] 1841 Synonym cheesemanii Lagocephalus cheesemanii (Clarke [F. E.] 1897) Valid exilis Lagocephalus exilis Tanaka [S.] 1916 Synonym gloveri Lagocephalus gloveri Abe [T.] & Tabeta [O.] 1983 Valid guentheri Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda Ribeiro [A. de] 1915 Valid guntheri Lagocephalus guntheri Miranda Ribeiro [A. de] 1915 Spelling inermis Lagocephalus inermis (Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1850) Valid janthinus Lagocephalus janthinus (Vaillant [L. L.] & Sauvage [H.-E.] 1875) Synonym laevigatus Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus [C.] (ex Garden) 1766) Valid lagocephalus Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus [C.] 1758) Valid lagocephalus lagocephalus Lagocephalus lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus [C.] 1758) Valid lagocephalus nigridorsum Lagocephalus lagocephalus nigridorsum Fowler [H. W.] 1944 Synonym lagocephalus oceanicus Lagocephalus lagocephalus oceanicus Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1903 Synonym lunaris Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801) Valid nigridorsum Lagocephalus nigridorsum Fowler [H. W.] 1944 Synonym oceanicus Lagocephalus oceanicus Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1903 Synonym pennantii Lagocephalus pennantii (Yarrell [W.] 1836) Synonym pseudommus Lagocephalus pseudommus Chu [Y.-T.] 1935 Synonym sceleratus Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin [J. F.] (ex Forster) 1789) Valid scleratus Lagocephalus scleratus (Gmelin [J. F.] (ex Forster) 1789) Spelling spadiceus Lagocephalus spadiceus (Richardson [J.] 1845) Valid suezensis Lagocephalus suezensis Clark [E.] & Gohar [H. A. F.] 1953 Valid Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 2 (26 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…