Pelagocephalus marki Heemstra & Smith, 1981 is a animal in the Tetraodontidae family, order Tetraodontiformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Pelagocephalus marki Heemstra & Smith, 1981
Pelagocephalus marki, the rippled blaasop, is the only species in the monotypic pufferfish genus Pelagocephalus.
Identify with AI — OfflinePelagocephalus is a monotypic genus of pufferfish found along the coasts of South Africa and New Zealand.
This genus contains only one species: Pelagocephalus marki Heemstra & Smith, 1981, which is also commonly called the rippled blaasop.
This species reaches a total length of approximately 12 centimetres (4.7 inches).
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Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, 1854)
Canthigaster papua (Bleeker, 1848)
Sphoeroides lobatus (Steindachner, 1870)
Sphoeroides nephelus (Goode & Bean, 1882)
Sphoeroides parvus Shipp & Yerger, 1969
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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