Lagocephalus

Lagocephalus (from Ancient Greek λαγώς (lagṓs), meaning "hare", and κεφαλή (kephalḗ), meaning "head", in reference to its rabbit-like face) is a genus of pufferfishes in the family Tetraodontidae with a circumglobal distribution.

==Species== There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: left|thumb|Inflated Lagocephalus laevigatus|L. laevigatus Lagocephalus cheesemanii (Clarke, 1897) Lagocephalus gloveri Abe & Tabeta, 1983 Lagocephalus guentheri (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915) (diamond-back puffer) Lagocephalus inermis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (smooth blaasop) Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (smooth puffer) Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (oceanic puffer) Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (lunartail puffer) Lagocephalus sceleratus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (silver-cheeked puffer) Lagocephalus spadiceus (J. Richardson, 1845) (half-smooth golden puffer) Lagocephalus suezensis (E. Clark & Gohar, 1953) Lagocephalus wheeleri Abe, Tabeta & Kitahama, 1984