Takifugu rubripes

Taxonomy ID: 31033 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:31033)

current name

Takifugu rubripes  (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)

homotypic synonym:

Sphaeroides rubripes

Fugu rubripes

basionym:

Tetraodon rubripes  Temminck & Schlegel, 1850

Genbank common name: torafugu
NCBI BLAST name: ray-finned fishes
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 2 (Vertebrate Mitochondrial)
Other names:

common name(s)

tiger puffer

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Metazoa; Eumetazoa; Bilateria; Deuterostomia; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Gnathostomata; Teleostomi; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Actinopteri; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Osteoglossocephalai; Clupeocephala; Euteleosteomorpha; Neoteleostei; Eurypterygia; Ctenosquamata; Acanthomorphata; Euacanthomorphacea; Percomorphaceae; Eupercaria; Tetraodontiformes; Tetraodontoidei; Tetradontoidea; Tetraodontidae; Takifugu

Comments and References:

image:Takifugu rubripes Image by Totti from iNaturalist.com under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. * Image may not have been verified for accuracy by NCBI Taxonomy.

Takifugu The name Takifugu has priority over the name Fugu. For an explanation of this synonymy see: Matsuura, K. 1990. The pufferfish genus Fugu Abe, 1952, a junior subjective synonym of Takifugu Abe, 1949. Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, Ser. A. 18(1):15-20.