Biology:Sphoeroides
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Sphoeroides is a genus of pufferfishes.
Species
There are currently 25 recognized species in this genus,[1] which includes the three species FishBase allocates to Colomesus.[2]
- Sphoeroides andersonianus (Morrow, 1957)
- Sphoeroides angusticeps (Jenyns, 1842) (Narrow-headed puffer)
- Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns, 1842) (Bullseye puffer)
- Sphoeroides camila (P. H. Carvalho, Rotundo, Pitassy & I. Sazima 2023) [3]
- Sphoeroides dorsalis (Longley, 1934) (Marbled puffer)
- Sphoeroides georgemilleri (Shipp, 1972) (Plaincheek puffer)
- Sphoeroides greeleyi (C. H. Gilbert, 1900) (Green puffer)
- Sphoeroides kendalli (Meek & Hildebrand, 1928) (Slick puffer)
- Sphoeroides lispus (H. J. Walker, 1996) (Naked puffer)
- Sphoeroides lobatus (Steindachner, 1870) (Longnose puffer)
- Sphoeroides maculatus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Northern puffer)
- Sphoeroides marmoratus (R. T. Lowe, 1838) (Guinean puffer)
- Sphoeroides nephelus (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1882) (Southern puffer)
- Sphoeroides pachygaster (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848) (Blunthead puffer)
- Sphoeroides parvus (Shipp & Yerger, 1969) (Least puffer)
- Sphoeroides rosenblatti (W. A. Bussing, 1996)
- Sphoeroides sechurae (Hildebrand, 1946) (Peruvian puffer)
- Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785) (Bandtail puffer)
- Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Checkered puffer)
- Sphoeroides trichocephalus (Cope, 1870) (Pygmy puffer)
- Sphoeroides tyleri (Shipp, 1972) (Bearded puffer)
- Sphoeroides yergeri (Shipp, 1972) (Speckled puffer)
- Synonyms
- Sphoeroides nitidus (Griffin, 1921); synonym of Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
The following cladogram is based on a 2013 analysis of Tetraodontid mitogenomes:[4]
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References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Sphoeroides". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Sphoeroides.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Species of Colomesus in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ↑ Araujo, Gabriel S.; Kurtz, Yan R.; Sazima, Ivan; Carvalho, Pedro Hollanda; Floeter, Sergio R.; Vilasboa, Anderson; Rotundo, Matheus M.; Ferreira, Carlos E L. et al. (2023). "Evolutionary history, biogeography, and a new species of Sphoeroides (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae): how the major biogeographic barriers of the Atlantic Ocean shaped the evolution of a pufferfish genus". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 199 (4): 978–993. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad055. https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad055/7243360. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
- ↑ "Molecular phylogenetic relationship of Tetraodon pufferfish based on mitochondrial DNA analysis". Biology 79: 243–250. 7 February 2013. doi:10.1007/s12562-013-0598-5.
Wikidata ☰ Q944587 entry
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