Biology:Guinean puffer
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Short description: Species of fish
| Guinean puffer | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Sphoeroides |
| Species: | S. marmoratus
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphoeroides marmoratus (R. T. Lowe, 1838)
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The Guinean puffer, Sphoeroides marmoratus, is a species of the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes.[1] Found in the eastern Atlantic from Portugal to Angola, including Madeira, the Azores, Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, it has been recently recorded on rare, distinct occasions in the Alboran Sea, western Mediterranean Sea.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). Species of Sphoeroides in FishBase. June 2008 version.
- ↑ Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Sphoeroides marmoratus). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Sphoeroides_marmoratus.pdf
External links
- Photos of Guinean puffer on Sealife Collection
Wikidata ☰ Q1812959 entry
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