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Tetraodontidae
longnose puffer
Sphoeroides lobatus
Thirty Five Point Eight Centimeters Pufferfish of the Pacific Ocean
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Pacific Ocean
- North America
- South America
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
MediumThe 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.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
- Genus
- Sphoeroides
- Maximum length
- 35.8 cm
- Distribution
- Eastern Pacific: California, USA to Chile (Ref. 9068 ), including the Galapagos Islands.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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