Oceanic puffer

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | name = Oceanic puffer | image = Lagocephalus lagocephalus.jpg | image_caption = | genus = Lagocephalus | species = lagocephalus | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Hardy, G. |author2=Jing, L. |author3=Leis, J.L. |author4=Liu, M. |author5=Matsuura, K. |author6=Shao, K. |year=2014 |title=''Lagocephalus lagocephalus'' |volume=2014 |article-number=e.T190464A19929421 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T190464A19929421.en |access-date=29 March 2025}}</ref> | authority = (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonyms = ''Spheroides nitidus'' {{small|Griffin, 1921}} }}

The '''oceanic puffer''' ('''''Lagocephalus lagocephalus''''') is a pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae, found in all tropical and subtropical oceans, at depths of between {{cvt|10|and|475|m|ft|-1}}. It is indigenous to the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans as well as the Sea of Japan. It is rare in the Mediterranean Sea, especially in the eastern portion. Its length is up to {{cvt|61|cm}}. It is thought to be responsible for fatal poisoning and should therefore not be eaten.<ref name=IUCN/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Sources== * {{FishBase | genus = Lagocephalus | species = lagocephalus| month = May | year = 2006}} * Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) {{ISBN|0-00-216987-8}}

Category:Marine fish of Europe Category:Lagocephalus Category:Fish described in 1758 Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus