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Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798
Taxonomic Serial No.: 173289

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Liosaccus Günther, 1870
		Anchisomus Richardson, 1854
		Orbidus Rafinesque, 1815
		Cirrhisomus Swainson, 1839
		Stenometope Bibron in Duméril, 1855
		Stenometopus Troschel, 1856
		Thecapteryx Fowler, 1948
		Holocanthus Gronow in Gray, 1854
		Spheroides Duméril, 1806
		Tetrodon (Cheilichthys) Müller, 1841
		Tetrodon (Liosaccus) Günther, 1870
	Common Name(s):	swellfishes [English]
		common puffers [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2017

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Acanthopterygii
	Order	Tetraodontiformes – leatherjackets, cowfishes, filefishes, puffers, triggerfishes, trunkfishes, balistes, poissons-coffres, poissons-globes
	Suborder	Tetraodontoidei – puffers, porcupinefishes, tétrodons
	Family	Tetraodontidae – toadfishes, rabbitfishes, puffers, blowfishes, globefishes, swellfishes, botetes, sphéroïdes
	Subfamily	Tetraodontinae
	Genus	Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798 – swellfishes, common puffers
		Direct Children:
	Species	Sphoeroides andersonianus Morrow, 1957
	Species	Sphoeroides angusticeps (Jenyns, 1842)
	Species	Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns, 1842) – bullseye puffer, botete diana, Bullseye Puffer
	Species	Sphoeroides dorsalis Longley, 1934 – marbled puffer, botete jaspeado, Marbled Puffer
	Species	Sphoeroides georgemilleri Shipp, 1972
	Species	Sphoeroides greeleyi Gilbert, 1900 – Caribbean puffer
	Species	Sphoeroides kendalli Meek & Hildebrand, 1928
	Species	Sphoeroides lispus Walker in Walker & Bussing, 1996 – botete liso, naked puffer, Naked Puffer
	Species	Sphoeroides lobatus (Steindachner, 1870) – botete, longnose puffer, botete verrugoso, Longnose Puffer
	Species	Sphoeroides maculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) – northern puffer, Northern Puffer, sphéroïde du nord
	Species	Sphoeroides marmoratus (Lowe, 1838) – spinyback blowfish
	Species	Sphoeroides nephelus (Goode & Bean, 1882) – southern puffer, tamboril sureño, botete fruta, Southern Puffer
	Species	Sphoeroides nitidus Griffin, 1921
	Species	Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel in Schomburgk, 1848) – blunthead puffer, botete chato, Blunthead Puffer, sphéroïde trogne
	Species	Sphoeroides parvus Shipp & Yerger, 1969 – least puffer, botete xpú, Least Puffer
	Species	Sphoeroides rosenblatti Bussing in Walker & Bussing, 1996
	Species	Sphoeroides sechurae Hildebrand, 1946 – botete peruano, Peruvian puffer
	Species	Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785) – bandtail puffer, tamboril manchado, botete collarete, Bandtail Puffer
	Species	Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus, 1758) – checkered puffer, tamboríl rayado, botete sapo, Checkered Puffer
	Species	Sphoeroides trichocephalus (Cope, 1870) – botete enano, pygmy puffer, Pygmy Puffer
	Species	Sphoeroides tyleri Shipp, 1972
	Species	Sphoeroides yergeri Shipp, 1972

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Wayne C. Starnes
	Notes:	Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
	Reference for:	Sphoeroides

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 31-Oct-2014, website (version 31-Oct-14)
	Acquired:	2014
	Notes:	Eschmeyer, W. N. (ed). Catalog of Fishes. (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 03-Nov-2014
	Reference for:	Sphoeroides

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Sphoeroides

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N.
	Publication Date:	1990
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Genera of Recent Fishes
	Page(s):	iii + 697
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, CA, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-23-8
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Sphoeroides

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Shiino, Sueo M.
	Publication Date:	1976
	Article/Chapter Title:	List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4
	Page(s):	262
	Publisher:	Shima Marineland
	Publication Place:	Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan
	ISBN/ISSN:	0385-1109
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Sphoeroides

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