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Golden toadfish

Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Status not recordedbony fish

The golden toadfish (Lagocephalus lunaris) is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, order Tetraodontiformes.

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Quick facts about the golden toadfish

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 golden toadfish live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the golden toadfish as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Türkiye

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 golden toadfish 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 golden toadfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderTetraodontiformes
  5. familyTetraodontidae
  6. genusLagocephalus
  7. SpeciesLagocephalus lunaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Synonyms Lagocephalus lunaris lunaris, Spheroides lunaris, Sphoerodon lunaris, Sphoeroides lunaris, Tetraodon leiopleura, Tetraodon lunaris, Tetrodon lunaris, Tetrodon tepa

Other names and names in other languages (21)
  • Green Rrough-backed pufferEnglish
  • Lunar-tail pufferfishEnglish
  • Lunartail pufferEnglish
  • Moontail blassopEnglish
  • Moontail pufferEnglish
  • Rough golden pufferEnglish
  • Rough golden pufferfishEnglish
  • Rough golden toadfishEnglish
  • Spinyback toadfishEnglish
  • ينفوخ خشن ذهبيArabic
  • Peix bola de cua creixentCatalan
  • ドクサバフグJapanese
  • 밀복Korean
  • Baiacu-cauda-lunarPortuguese
  • ปลาปักเป้าหางวงเดือนThai
  • ButeteFilipino
  • 規仔Chinese
  • ينفوخ هلالي الذيلArabic
  • 月兔頭魨Chinese
  • 月尾兔頭魨Chinese
  • 粟色河魨Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the golden toadfish

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 golden toadfish an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the golden toadfish as introduced in 1 country: Türkiye, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the golden toadfish?

The golden toadfish (Lagocephalus lunaris) 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). Golden toadfish (Lagocephalus lunaris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/golden-toadfish

MLA

“Golden toadfish (Lagocephalus lunaris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/golden-toadfish.

BibTeX
@misc{golden_toadfish_2026,
  title = {Golden toadfish (Lagocephalus lunaris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/golden-toadfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}