Sphoeroides
Sphoeroides is a genus of pufferfishes.
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| Sphoeroides dorsalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Tetraodontinae |
| Genus: | Sphoeroides Anonymous (Lacépède), 1798[1] |
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Species
There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Sphoeroides andersonianus Morrow, 1957
- Sphoeroides angusticeps (Jenyns, 1842) (Narrow-headed puffer)
- Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns, 1842) (Bullseye puffer)
- Sphoeroides dorsalis Longley, 1934 (Marbled puffer)
- Sphoeroides georgemilleri Shipp, 1972
- Sphoeroides greeleyi C. H. Gilbert, 1900 (Green puffer)
- Sphoeroides kendalli Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 (Slick puffer)
- Sphoeroides lispus H. J. Walker, 1996 (Naked puffer)
- Sphoeroides lobatus (Steindachner, 1870) (Longnose puffer)
- Sphoeroides maculatus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Northern puffer)
- Sphoeroides marmoratus (R. T. Lowe, 1838) (Guinean puffer)
- Sphoeroides nephelus (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1882) (Southern puffer)
- Sphoeroides nitidus Griffin, 1921
- 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, 1946 (Peruvian puffer)
- Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785) (Bandtail puffer)
- Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Checkered puffer)
- Sphoeroides trichocephalus (Cope, 1870) (Pygmy puffer)
- Sphoeroides tyleri Shipp, 1972 (Bearded puffer)
- Sphoeroides yergeri Shipp, 1972 (Speckled puffer)
References
- An anonymous review of volume I of Lacépède's Histoire naturelle des poissons (in the Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung, 1798, columns 673–680) was apparently the first publication to Latinize several of Lacépède's genera; in this case Lacépède's name was Sphéroïdes.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Sphoeroides in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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