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Arothron leopardus  (Day, 1878)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1055340

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Tetraodon leopardus Day, 1878
  
    Tetrodon leopardus Day, 1878
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - minimum standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderTetraodontiformes  – leatherjackets, cowfishes, filefishes, puffers, triggerfishes, trunkfishes, balistes, poissons-coffres, poissons-globes  
                               SuborderTetraodontoidei  – puffers, porcupinefishes, tétrodons  
                                  FamilyTetraodontidae  – toadfishes, rabbitfishes, puffers, blowfishes, globefishes, swellfishes, botetes, sphéroïdes  
                                     SubfamilyTetraodontinae   
                                        GenusArothron Müller, 1841 – fat puffers  
                                           SpeciesArothron leopardus (Day, 1878)  
       

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  Source: FishBase ver. 06/2017, website (version 06/2017)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2017. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (06/2017)   
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 Comments
       
  Comment: No comment on validity of Tetraodon leopardus Day, 1878 in Eschmeyer (online Catalog of Fishes, 2004-2015), but FishBase (online, 2017) treats it as the valid species Arothron leopardus (Day, 1878)  
 

 

    

 
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