Takifugu niphobles

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII TETRAODONTIFORMES TETRAODONTIDAE

Scientific Name: Takifugu niphobles
Species Authority: (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Common Name/s:
English Grass Puffer
Synonym/s:
Fugu niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Fugu ocellatus (non Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphaeroides niphobles Jordan & Snyder, 1901
Spheroides niphobles Jordan & Snyder, 1901
Takyfugu niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient     ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Roberts, C.

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Hong Kong; Japan; Taiwan, Province of China; Viet Nam
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Native:
Pacific – northwest

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Freshwater; Marine

Bibliography [top]

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B (editors and compilers). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Citation: Roberts, C. 1996. Takifugu niphobles. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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