Blunthead puffer

The blunthead puffer, Sphoeroides pachygaster, is a pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae, found circumglobally in tropical and temperate seas, at depths between 50 and 500 m. Its length is up to 40 cm.

Blunthead puffer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Sphoeroides
Species:
S. pachygaster
Binomial name
Sphoeroides pachygaster
Synonyms
  • Tetraodon pachygaster
  • Liosaccus pachygaster
  • Liosaccus aerobaticus
  • Sphoeroides cutaneus
  • Sphoeroides dubius

References
    • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Sphoeroides pachygaster" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
    • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8


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