Species Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Tetrodon sceleratus Gmelin, J.F. 1789. Pisces. pp. 1126-1516 in Linnaeus, C. (ed.). Systema Naturae. Leiden : Delamollière Vol. 1 Pt 3. [1444].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, American and Pacific Oceans.
• Tetrodon argenteus Lacépède, B.G.E. 1804. Mémoire sur plusieurs animaux de la Nouvelle-Hollande dont la description n'a pas encore été publiée. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 4: 184-211 pls 55-58 [211, pl. 58(2)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP 314, A.8326, west coast of New Holland.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dor, M. 1984. CLOFRES, Checklist of the Fishes of the Red Sea. Jerusalem : Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities 437 pp. 2 figs. [286]

 

Generic Combinations

• Spheroides sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [430]
• Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789). —
  Masuda, H., Amaoka, K., Araga, C., Uyeno, T. & Yoshino, T. (eds) 1984. The Fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Tokyo : Tokai University Press Vol. 1–2 437 pp. 247 figs 370 pls. [364]
• Pleuranacanthus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789). —
  Whitley, G.P. 1948. A list of the fishes of Western Australia. Western Australia Fish Department. Fisheries Bulletin 2: 1-35 map [32] (changed combination, generic name sometimes not considered available, although used as Pleuranacanthus sceleratus Gmelin = Tetrodon argenteus Lac., making the genus an available name, name possibly used earlier by Whitley)
• Gastrophysus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789). —
  Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [525]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Lagocephalus scleratus Gmelin, 1789 [common misspelling of species name]. —
  Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [156]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Adelaide, SA (137°55) to eastern VIC (37°16'S), also Middleton Reef (25°29'S), Elizabeth Reef (25°58'S) and Lord Howe Island, NSW; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, continental shelf, inshore, pelagic.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [416]

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [525] (as Gastrophysus sceleratus)

Hardy, G.S. 1994. Family Tetraodontidae. pp. 902-912, figs 795-804 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [907]

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [112, 144]

Matsuura, K. 2008. Families Ostraciidae, Tetraodontidae. pp. 842-856 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [852]

May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp. [421]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [430] (as Spheroides sceleratus)

Russell, B.C. & Houston, W. 1989. Offshore fishes of the Arafura Sea. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 6(1): 69-84

Scott, T.D., Glover, C.J.M. & Southcott, R.V. 1974. The Marine and Freshwater Fishes of South Australia. Adelaide : Government Printer 392 pp. figs. [329] (as Gastrophysus sceleratus)

Swainston, R. 2011. Swainston's Fishes of Australia: The complete illustrated guide. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Australia 836 pp. [776]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [5] (2420 as Pleuranacanthus sceleratus)

 

Common Name References

Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [907] (Silver Toadfish, Giant Toado, North-west Blowfish, Silver-checked Toadfish)

Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [87] (Silver Pufferfish)

May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp. [421] (Giant Toadfish)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [320] (Silver-stripe Pufferfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Silver Toadfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Apr-2014	TETRAODONTIFORMES	28-Jun-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)