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Sphoeroides

Actinopteri - 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) and Matsuura (2015).

Species
S. hyperostosus

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
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
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