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Narrow-headed puffer (Sphoeroides angusticeps)
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Narrow-headed puffer (Sphoeroides angusticeps) specimen
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Tetraodontidae

Narrow-headed puffer

Sphoeroides angusticeps

Twenty Five Centimeters Pufferfish of Eastern Pacific

  • Tropical
  • Island endemic
  • Island endemic species
  • Local endemic species
  • Restricted distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Deep-bodied
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Sphoeroides angusticeps, also known as the narrow-headed puffer, concave puffer, and skin-flap puffer, is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is a tropical marine species endemic to the Galapagos Islands, where it occurs at a depth range of about 5 to 20 m (16 to 66 ft). It reaches 25 cm (9.8 in) in total length.

Maximum length
25 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: endemic to Galapagos.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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