Longnose puffer

Longnose puffer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Tetraodontiformes
Family:Tetraodontidae
Genus:Sphoeroides
Species: S. lobatus
Binomial name
Sphoeroides lobatus
(Steindachner, 1870)

Longnose puffer (Sphoeroides lobatus) is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes. It occurs in shallow coastal waters of the Eastern Pacific from California to Chile, including the Galapagos Islands.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Sphoeroides lobatus" in FishBase. March 2013 version.


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