Guinean puffer

The Guinean puffer, Sphoeroides marmoratus, is a species of the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes.[1] Found in the eastern Atlantic from Portugal to Angola, including Madeira, the Azores, Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, it has been recently recorded on rare, distinct occasions in the Alboran Sea, western Mediterranean Sea.[2]

Guinean puffer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Sphoeroides
Species:
S. marmoratus
Binomial name
Sphoeroides marmoratus
(R. T. Lowe, 1838)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). Species of Sphoeroides in FishBase. June 2008 version.
  2. Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Sphoeroides marmoratus). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Sphoeroides_marmoratus.pdf


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