Species FAO code: LGH

Lagocephalus lagocephalus

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Cyprus	el κουνελόψαρο [Lagocephalus lagocephalus lagocephalus synonym for Lagocephalus lagocephalus] el κουνελόψαρο	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scientific name

Lagocephalus lagocephalus

Author

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

FAO code

LGH

Morphological description

Adults dark green, brownish grey, or blue above, white below; juveniles with about 9 bars on back, from eye to dorsal fin; dark spots on front and middle of belly and on side near pectoral base in specimens less than 33 cm (Ref. 4919).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderTetraodontiformes
  - FamilyTetraodontidae
    - GenusLagocephalus
      - SpeciesLagocephalus lagocephalus

Synonyms

Tetraodon janthinus Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875
Lagocephalus lagocephalus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903
Tetrodon pennantii Yarrell, 1836
Lagocephalus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903
Tetrodon stellatus Donovan, 1804
Lagocephalus lagocephalus nigridorsum Fowler, 1944
Tetraodon lagocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Lagocephalus lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lagocephalus exilis Tanaka, 1916

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Lagocephalus lagocephalus

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Pots and traps

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 21 - Atlantic, Northwest

Area 27 - Atlantic, Northeast

Area 31 - Atlantic, Western Central

Area 34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central

Area 37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea

Area 41 - Atlantic, Southwest

Area 47 - Atlantic, Southeast

Area 51 - Indian Ocean, Western

Area 57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern

Area 61 - Pacific, Northwest

Area 71 - Pacific, Western Central

Area 77 - Pacific, Eastern Central

Area 81 - Pacific, Southwest

Area 87 - Pacific, Southeast