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Suez puffer

Lagocephalus suezensis Clark & Gohar, 1953

Status not recordedbony fish

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

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Quick facts about the suez 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 suez puffer live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the suez puffer as introduced in 8 countries.

  1. Cyprus
  2. Egypt
  3. Greece
  4. Israel
  5. Lebanon
  6. Libya
  7. Syria
  8. 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 suez 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 suez puffer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderTetraodontiformes
  5. familyTetraodontidae
  6. genusLagocephalus
  7. SpeciesLagocephalus suezensis Clark & Gohar, 1953

Synonyms Lagocephalus sceleratus

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Peix bola de SuezCatalan
  • čtverzubec suezskýCzech
  • Λαγοκέφαλος του ΣουέζGreek
  • suezinpallokalaFinnish
  • לגינוןHebrew
  • カイユウセンニンフグJapanese
  • Baiacu-de-SuezPortuguese
  • ปลาปักเป้าหลังด่างThai
  • balon baligiTurkish
  • 蘇伊士兔頭魨Chinese
  • Süveyş BalonuTurkish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the suez 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 suez puffer an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the suez puffer as introduced in 8 countries, including Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Israel and Lebanon, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the suez puffer?

The suez puffer (Lagocephalus suezensis) 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). Suez puffer (Lagocephalus suezensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/suez-puffer

MLA

“Suez puffer (Lagocephalus suezensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/suez-puffer.

BibTeX
@misc{suez_puffer_2026,
  title = {Suez puffer (Lagocephalus suezensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/suez-puffer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}