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Species

There are currently 25 recognized species in this genus, which includes the three species FishBase allocates to '' Colomesus''. * ''

Sphoeroides andersonianus ''Sphoeroides andersonianus'' is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is a tropical marine species native to the coast of Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered ...

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, 1957) * ''

Sphoeroides angusticeps ''Sphoeroides angusticeps'', also known as the narrow-headed puffer, concave puffer, and skin-flap puffer, is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is a tropical marine species endemic Endemism is the state of a species b ...

'' ( Jenyns, 1842) (Narrow-headed puffer) * ''

Sphoeroides annulatus ''Sphoeroides annulatus'' (bullseye puffer) is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from California, USA to Pisco, Peru and the Galápagos Islands The Galápagos Islands () are a ...

'' ( Jenyns, 1842) (Bullseye puffer) * ''

Sphoeroides camila ''Sphoeroides camila'' is a species of pufferfish native to Brazil. Previously thought to be the bandtail puffer ''(Sphoeroides spengleri''), the species was discovered through DNA analysis. The fish lives in the western Atlantic from northern to ...

'' ( 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 ''Sphoeroides georgemilleri'', known as the plaincheek puffer, is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is known only from the Caribbean Sea off of Colombia, where it occurs at a depth range of 1 to 151 m (3 to 495 ft) and ...

'' ( Shipp, 1972) (Plaincheek puffer) * ''

Sphoeroides greeleyi ''Sphoeroides greeleyi'' is a fish species described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1900. ''Sphoeroides greeleyi'' is part of the genus Sphoeroides and the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life The Ca ...

'' ( 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, ...

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, 1928) (Slick puffer) * ''

Sphoeroides lispus The naked puffer (''Sphoeroides lispus'') is a species in the family Tetraodontidae Tetraodontidae is a family of marine and freshwater fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfi ...

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Naked puffer The naked puffer (''Sphoeroides lispus'') is a species in the family Tetraodontidae Tetraodontidae is a family of marine and freshwater fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfi ...

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Sphoeroides lobatus The longnose puffer (''Sphoeroides lobatus'') is a species in the family Tetraodontidae Tetraodontidae is a family of marine and freshwater fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called puffe ...

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, 1870) (

Longnose puffer The longnose puffer (''Sphoeroides lobatus'') is a species in the family Tetraodontidae Tetraodontidae is a family of marine and freshwater fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called puffe ...

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Sphoeroides maculatus 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, ...

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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'' (

, 1946) ( Peruvian puffer) * '' Sphoeroides spengleri'' (

, 1785) (

Bandtail puffer The bandtail puffer (''Sphoeroides spengleri'') is a species in the family Tetraodontidae Tetraodontidae is a family of marine and freshwater fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called p ...

) * '' Sphoeroides testudineus'' (

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) ( Checkered puffer) * '' Sphoeroides trichocephalus'' (

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, 1870) (Pygmy puffer) * '' Sphoeroides tyleri'' ( Shipp, 1972) ( Bearded puffer) * '' Sphoeroides yergeri'' ( Shipp, 1972) ( Speckled puffer) ;Synonyms * '' Sphoeroides nitidus'' (

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, 1921); synonym of ''

Lagocephalus lagocephalus The oceanic puffer, scientific name: ''Lagocephalus lagocephalus'' (meaning "rabbit head"), is a pufferfish of the family ''Tetraodontidae Tetraodontidae is a family of marine and freshwater fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. The family i ...

References

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