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Tetraodontidae
southern puffer
Sphoeroides nephelus
Irregular dark spots on lower side
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Deep-bodied
Mediumsouthern puffer is a marine fish of Western Atlantic. The species occupies estuaries and brackish water. The largest recorded length is 30 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
- Genus
- Sphoeroides
- Maximum length
- 30 cm
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: northeastern Florida and northern Gulf of Mexico in the USA and the Bahamas to Campeche in Mexico and Lesser Antilles. Taxonomic status of populations from northern South America to Brazil uncertain.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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