Sphoeroides

Sphoeroides
Sphoeroides dorsalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Tetraodontidae
Genus:	Sphoeroides Anonymous (Lacépède), 1798[1]
Species
See text.

Sphoeroides is a genus of pufferfishes.

Species

There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:[2]

• Sphoeroides andersonianus Morrow, 1957
• Sphoeroides angusticeps (Jenyns, 1842) (Narrow-headed puffer)
• Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns, 1842) (Bullseye puffer)
• Sphoeroides dorsalis Longley, 1934 (Marbled puffer)
• Sphoeroides georgemilleri Shipp, 1972
• 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 nitidus Griffin, 1921]
• 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)

References

1. An anonymous review of volume I of Lacépède's Histoire naturelle des poissons (in the Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung, 1798, columns 673–680) was apparently the first publication to Latinize several of Lacépède's genera; in this case Lacépède's name was Sphéroïdes.
2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Sphoeroides in FishBase. October 2012 version.