Lagocephalus (from Ancient Greek λαγώς (lagṓs), meaning "hare", and κεφαλή (kephalḗ), meaning "head", in reference to its rabbit-like face) is a genus of pufferfishes in the family Tetraodontidae with a circumglobal distribution.

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:

• Lagocephalus cheesemanii (Clarke, 1897)

• Lagocephalus gloveri Abe & Tabeta, 1983

• Lagocephalus guentheri (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915) (diamond-back puffer)

• Lagocephalus inermis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (smooth blaasop)

• Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (smooth puffer)

• Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (oceanic puffer)

• Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (lunartail puffer)

• Lagocephalus sceleratus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (silver-cheeked puffer)

• Lagocephalus spadiceus (J. Richardson, 1845) (half-smooth golden puffer)

• Lagocephalus suezensis (E. Clark & Gohar, 1953)

• Lagocephalus wheeleri Abe, Tabeta & Kitahama, 1984

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