NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2017

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Tetraodontinae
  Family - Tetraodontidae
  Suborder - Tetraodontoidei
  Order - Tetraodontiformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Takifugu niphobles
      Species - Takifugu alboplumbeus
      Species - Takifugu basilevskianus
      Species - Takifugu bimaculatus
      Species - Takifugu chinensis
      Species - Takifugu chrysops
      Species - Takifugu coronoidus
      Species - Takifugu exascurus
      Species - Takifugu flavidus
      Species - Takifugu oblongus
      Species - Takifugu obscurus
      Species - Takifugu ocellatus
      Species - Takifugu pardalis
      Species - Takifugu poecilonotus
      Species - Takifugu porphyreus
      Species - Takifugu pseudommus
      Species - Takifugu radiatus
      Species - Takifugu reticularis
      Species - Takifugu rubripes
      Species - Takifugu snyderi
      Species - Takifugu stictonotus
      Species - Takifugu vermicularis
      Species - Takifugu xanthopterus
      Species - Takifugu orbimaculatus
      Species - Takifugu variomaculatus
      Species - Takifugu plagiocellatus