Southern puffer
The southern puffer, Sphoeroides nephelus, is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, and possibly further south on the coast of Brazil.[1]
| Southern puffer | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Sphoeroides |
| Species: | S. nephelus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphoeroides nephelus (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1882) | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Sphoeroides nephelus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
External links
- Photos of Southern puffer on Sealife Collection
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