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pygmy puffer (Sphoeroides trichocephalus)
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Tetraodontidae

pygmy puffer

Sphoeroides trichocephalus

Ten Point Five Centimeters Pufferfish from the Pacific Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • South America
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

pygmy puffer is known around Eastern Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 10.5 cm.

Maximum length
10.5 cm
Water
Marine
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Costa Rica and Panama. Reported from Nicaragua (Ref. 13613 ) and Chile (Ref. 9068 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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