Accepted scientific name:

Synonyms:

Common names:

Baiacuguima Portuguese

Baiacu-liso Portuguese

Baiaçu-verde Portuguese

Bajacu Portuguese

Balhaçu Portuguese

Baun foki Wolof

Bayakou Susu

Biaku Krio

Blaasop Afrikaans

Botete grande Spanish

Coelho Creole, Portuguese, Portuguese

Compère lisse French

Conejo English, Spanish

Don-Don Portuguese

Faux perroquet French

Gede Ewe

Glat kuglefisk Danish

Guamaiacu Portuguese

Guamaiacu-atinga Portuguese

Nadymka Polish

Pambo Creole, Portuguese

Peixe-bala Portuguese

Peixe-balão Portuguese

Peixe-coelho Portuguese

Peixe-sapo Portuguese

Perroquet French

Pez globo Spanish

Poisson lampe French

Poisson-coffre French

Puffer English

Ratón Spanish

Regen Wolof

Sapo English, Finnish, Portuguese, Spanish

Sapo cabezón Spanish

Sapo marino Spanish

Shirokanafugu Japanese

Smooth Puffer English

Tambor Creole, Portuguese, Portuguese, Spanish

Tamboril Portuguese, Spanish

Tamboril gigante Spanish

Tamboril mondeque Spanish

Tambril Spanish

Tétraodon French

скалозуб Russian

光兔头鲀 Mandarin Chinese

光兔頭魨 Mandarin Chinese

肥壮兔头鲀 Mandarin Chinese

肥壯兔頭魨 Mandarin Chinese

Adpana Wayuu

Ako Ewe, Gen-Gbe, Other

Ará English, Japanese, Portuguese, Sinhalese

Baiacu Portuguese

Baiacu branco Portuguese

Baiacu-ara Portuguese

Baiacuará Portuguese

Baiacu-arara Portuguese

Baiacu-bubu Portuguese

Baiacu-caixão-de-rio Portuguese

Baiacu-dondom Portuguese

Baiacu-dondon Portuguese

Baiacu-garajuba Portuguese

Baiacuguaiama Portuguese

Baiacu-guaiama Portuguese

Baiacuguaíma Portuguese

Baiacu-guara Portuguese

Baiacu-guarajuba Portuguese

Classification:

Distribution:

Western Atlantic: New England, USA and Bermuda to Argentina (Ref. 47377). Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to Namibia (Ref. 27121).; Venezuela; USA (contiguous states); Trinidad and Tobago; Suriname; Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf; South Brazil Shelf; Sierra Leone; Senegal; Sao Tome and Principe; Saint Vincent & the Grenadines; Saint Lucia; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Puerto Rico; Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf; North Brazil Shelf; Nicaragua; Namibia; Mexico; Mauritania; Laguna de Términos; Jamaica; Haiti; Guyana; Gulf of Mexico; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea Current; Guinea; Grenada; Gambia; Gabon; French Guiana; Ébrié Lagoon; East Brazil Shelf; Dominican Republic; Dominica; Curaçao Island; Cuba; Côte d'Ivoire; Colombia; Caribbean Sea; Cape Verde; Canary Current; Brazil; Bermuda; Benguela Current; Belize; Barbados; Bahamas; Atlantic, Western Central; Atlantic, Southwest; Atlantic, Southeast; Atlantic, Northwest; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Aruba; Atlantic Ocean; Atlantic, Eastern Central; Angola

Additional data:

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Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Group expert : Matsuura K., Data last modified by FishBase 23-May-1996

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...

CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:4021cb11-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009