checkered puffer (Sphoeroides testudineus)

FishverifiedLeast Concern

Sphoeroides testudineus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

checkered puffer

Also known as: Puffer

Verified againstWoRMS

About

Habitat

Reef-associated

Depth

0–48 m

Max size

38.8 cm

Max weight

400 g

Diet

Hunting macrofauna (predator)

Taxonomy

Class

Teleostei

Order

Tetraodontiformes

Family

Tetraodontidae

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Map Puffer (Arothron mappa)

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Toby (Canthigaster capistrata)

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Toby (Canthigaster figueiredoi)

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Puffer (Arothron carduus)

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Image: © Turner Brockman (CC-BY-SA) · iNaturalist (CC-BY-SA) · source