''Sphoeroides'' is a
genus
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of
pufferfish
Tetraodontidae is a family of marine and freshwater fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, blowers, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfis ...
es.
Species
There are currently 25 recognized species in this genus, which includes the three species FishBase allocates to ''
Colomesus''.
* ''
Sphoeroides andersonianus''
(Morrow
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, 1957)
* ''
Sphoeroides angusticeps''
( Jenyns, 1842) (Narrow-headed puffer)
* ''
Sphoeroides annulatus''
( Jenyns, 1842) (Bullseye puffer)
* ''
Sphoeroides camila''
( P. H. Carvalho, Rotundo, Pitassy & I. Sazima 2023)
* ''
Sphoeroides dorsalis
''Sphoeroides dorsalis'', known as the marbled puffer, is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is native to the Western Atlantic, where it ranges from North Carolina to Suriname and occurs at a depth of 18 to 100 m (59 to 328& ...
''
( Longley, 1934) (Marbled puffer)
* ''
Sphoeroides georgemilleri''
( Shipp, 1972) (Plaincheek puffer)
* ''
Sphoeroides greeleyi''
( C. H. Gilbert, 1900) (Green puffer)
* ''
Sphoeroides kendalli
''Sphoeroides'' is a genus of pufferfishes.
Species
There are currently 25 recognized species in this genus, which includes the three species FishBase allocates to ''Colomesus''.
* ''Sphoeroides andersonianus'' (James Edwin Morrow Jr., Morrow, ...
''
(Meek
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& Hildebrand
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, 1928) (Slick puffer)
* ''
Sphoeroides lispus''
( H. J. Walker, 1996) (
Naked puffer)
* ''
Sphoeroides lobatus''
(Steindachner
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, 1870) (
Longnose puffer)
* ''
Sphoeroides maculatus''
(Bloch
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& J. G. Schneider, 1801) (
Northern puffer
The northern puffer, ''Sphoeroides maculatus'', is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes, found along the Atlantic coast of North America. Unlike many other pufferfish species, the flesh of the northern puffer is not poisonous, ...
)
* ''
Sphoeroides marmoratus''
( R. T. Lowe, 1838) (
Guinean puffer
The Guinean puffer (''Sphoeroides marmoratus'') is a species of the family Tetraodontidae
Tetraodontidae is a family of marine and freshwater fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called puf ...
)
* ''
Sphoeroides nephelus''
( Goode & T. H. Bean, 1882) (
Southern puffer)
* ''
Sphoeroides pachygaster''
( J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848) (
Blunthead puffer)
* ''
Sphoeroides parvus''
( Shipp & Yerger, 1969) (
Least puffer)
* ''
Sphoeroides rosenblatti''
( W. A. Bussing, 1996)
* ''
Sphoeroides sechurae''
(Hildebrand
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, 1946) (
Peruvian puffer)
* ''
Sphoeroides spengleri''
(Bloch
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*Alfred Bloch ( ...
, 1785) (
Bandtail puffer)
* ''
Sphoeroides testudineus''
(Linnaeus
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, 1758
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) (
Checkered puffer)
* ''
Sphoeroides trichocephalus''
(Cope
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, 1870) (Pygmy puffer)
* ''
Sphoeroides tyleri''
( Shipp, 1972) (
Bearded puffer)
* ''
Sphoeroides yergeri''
( Shipp, 1972) (
Speckled puffer)
;Synonyms
* ''
Sphoeroides nitidus''
(Griffin
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, 1921); synonym of ''
Lagocephalus lagocephalus''
References
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Tetraodontidae
Fish of Japan
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède