Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Tetraodontiformes
Subordo: Tetraodontoidei
Familia: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Sphoeroides
Species: S. andersonianus – S. angusticeps – S. annulatus – S. cheesemanii – S. dorsalis – S. georgemilleri – S. greeleyi – S. kendalli – S. lispus – S. lobatus – S. maculatus – S. marmoratus – S. nephelus – S. nitidus – S. ocellatus – S. pachygaster – S. parvus – S. rosenblatti – S. rubripes – S. sechurae – S. spengleri – S. testudineus – S. trichocephalus – S. tyleri – S. vermicularis – S. yergeri
Name
Sphoeroides Anonymous, 1798
Gender: masculine
Type species: Tetrodon spengleri Bloch, 1785
Vernacular names
English: Pufferfish
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
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.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Sphoeroides in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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