Author: Linnaeus, 1758
Lagocephalus lagocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Status in World Register of Marine Species:
Accepted name: Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (updated 2009-06-25)
Diagnosis: dorsal finrays 14-15; anal finrays 12-13. Colour: bluish-grey above and white below. Young with 8-9 cross-bands on back. Size: to 60 cm SL.
Habitat: pelagic, not far from coasts. Food: crustaceans, squids. Reproduction: no data.
Distribution: Mediterranean, eastern Atlantic from Orkney Is. and the Azores to South Africa (but very rare in the north). Elsewhere, Bermuda, western Atlantic, Indian Ocean and western Pacific.
Eggs, larvae and young stages. Laskaridis, 1948: 128, fig. 2.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.