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Sphoeroides

Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae

Taxonomy
Sphoeroides was named by Lacépède (1798). It is extant.

It was assigned to Tetraodontidae by Purdy et al. (2001), Fierstine et al. (2012), Matsuura (2015).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Sphoeroides Lacépède
2001Sphoeroides Purdy et al. p. 186
2012Sphoeroides Fierstine et al. p. 164
2015Sphoeroides Matsuura

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderTetraodontoidei
familyTetraodontidae
genusSphoeroidesLacépède 1798

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Sphoeroides Lacépède 1798
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Sphoeroides hyperostosus Tyler et al. 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available