Blunthead puffer

Blunthead puffer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Tetraodontiformes
Family:Tetraodontidae
Genus:Sphoeroides
Species: S. pachygaster
Binomial name
Sphoeroides pachygaster
Synonyms
  • Tetraodon pachygaster
  • Liosaccus pachygaster
  • Liosaccus aerobaticus
  • Sphoeroides cutaneus
  • Sphoeroides dubius

The blunthead puffer, Sphoeroides pachygaster, is a pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae, found circumglobally in tropical and temperate seas, at depths between 50 and 500 m. Its length is up to 40 cm.

References

    • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Sphoeroides pachygaster" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
    • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8


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