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Diamondback puffer

Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda Ribeiro, 1915

Status not recordedbony fish

The diamondback puffer (Lagocephalus guentheri) is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, order Tetraodontiformes.

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Quick facts about the diamondback puffer

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the diamondback puffer live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the diamondback puffer as introduced in 4 countries.

  1. Cyprus
  2. Greece
  3. Israel
  4. Lebanon

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the diamondback puffer endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the diamondback puffer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderTetraodontiformes
  5. familyTetraodontidae
  6. genusLagocephalus
  7. SpeciesLagocephalus guentheri Miranda Ribeiro, 1915

Synonyms Lagocephalus guntheri

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Diamond-back pufferfishEnglish
  • ينفوخ ماسي الظهرArabic
  • Peix bola mirallCatalan
  • Αδαμαντόραχος λαγοκέφαλοςGreek
  • Baiacu-dorso-de-diamantePortuguese
  • 貢氏兔頭魨Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the diamondback puffer

Other species in the same genus Lagocephalus.

Giant toado

Lagocephalus sceleratus

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

Puffer

Lagocephalus lagocephalus

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

Spade blaasop

Lagocephalus spadiceus

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

Puffer

Lagocephalus laevigatus

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the diamondback puffer an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the diamondback puffer as introduced in 4 countries: Cyprus, Greece, Israel and Lebanon, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the diamondback puffer?

The diamondback puffer (Lagocephalus guentheri) belongs to the family Tetraodontidae in the order Tetraodontiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Diamondback puffer (Lagocephalus guentheri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/diamondback-puffer

MLA

“Diamondback puffer (Lagocephalus guentheri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/diamondback-puffer.

BibTeX
@misc{diamondback_puffer_2026,
  title = {Diamondback puffer (Lagocephalus guentheri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/diamondback-puffer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}