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Tetraodontidae
bandtail puffer
Sphoeroides spengleri
Pufferfish from Seventy Meters
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Fusiform
Mediumbandtail puffer is a marine fish found around Western Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 30 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
- Genus
- Sphoeroides
- Maximum length
- 30 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA to Santa Catarina, Brazil (Ref. 57756 ). Replaced by Sphoeroides marmoratus in the eastern Atlantic (P. Wirtz, pers. comm. 10/04).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Family
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