Pelagocephalus is a genus of pufferfish which is from the coasts of South Africa and New Zealand. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Pelagocephalus marki, also known as the rippled blaasop. This species grows to a length of about 12 centimetres (4.7 in) TL.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Pelagocephalus J. C. Tyler & Paxton, 1979 |
| Species: | P. marki
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| Binomial name | |
| Pelagocephalus marki Heemstra & M. M. Smith, 1981
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References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pelagocephalus marki". FishBase. October 2012 version.
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