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Sphoeroides  Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798
Taxonomic Serial No.: 173289

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Liosaccus Günther, 1870
  
    Anchisomus Richardson, 1854
  
    Orbidus Rafinesque, 1815
  
    Cirrhisomus Swainson, 1839
  
    Stenometope Bibron in Duméril, 1855
  
    Stenometopus Troschel, 1856
  
    Thecapteryx Fowler, 1948
  
    Holocanthus Gronow in Gray, 1854
  
    Spheroides Duméril, 1806
  
    Tetrodon (Cheilichthys) Müller, 1841
  
    Tetrodon (Liosaccus) Günther, 1870
  
  Common Name(s): swellfishes [English]
  
    common puffers [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderTetraodontiformes  – leatherjackets, cowfishes, filefishes, puffers, triggerfishes, trunkfishes, balistes, poissons-coffres, poissons-globes  
                               SuborderTetraodontoidei  – puffers, porcupinefishes, tétrodons  
                                  FamilyTetraodontidae  – toadfishes, rabbitfishes, puffers, blowfishes, globefishes, swellfishes, botetes, sphéroïdes  
                                     SubfamilyTetraodontinae   
                                        GenusSphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798 – swellfishes, common puffers  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Sphoeroides andersonianus Morrow, 1957  
                                           Species Sphoeroides angusticeps (Jenyns, 1842)  
                                           Species Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns, 1842) – bullseye puffer, botete diana, Bullseye Puffer 
                                           Species Sphoeroides dorsalis Longley, 1934 – marbled puffer, botete jaspeado, Marbled Puffer 
                                           Species Sphoeroides georgemilleri Shipp, 1972  
                                           Species Sphoeroides greeleyi Gilbert, 1900 – Caribbean puffer 
                                           Species Sphoeroides kendalli Meek & Hildebrand, 1928  
                                           Species Sphoeroides lispus Walker in Walker & Bussing, 1996 – botete liso, naked puffer, Naked Puffer 
                                           Species Sphoeroides lobatus (Steindachner, 1870) – botete, longnose puffer, botete verrugoso, Longnose Puffer 
                                           Species Sphoeroides maculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) – northern puffer, Northern Puffer, sphéroïde du nord 
                                           Species Sphoeroides marmoratus (Lowe, 1838) – spinyback blowfish 
                                           Species Sphoeroides nephelus (Goode & Bean, 1882) – southern puffer, tamboril sureño, botete fruta, Southern Puffer 
                                           Species Sphoeroides nitidus Griffin, 1921  
                                           Species Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel in Schomburgk, 1848) – blunthead puffer, botete chato, Blunthead Puffer, sphéroïde trogne 
                                           Species Sphoeroides parvus Shipp & Yerger, 1969 – least puffer, botete xpú, Least Puffer 
                                           Species Sphoeroides rosenblatti Bussing in Walker & Bussing, 1996  
                                           Species Sphoeroides sechurae Hildebrand, 1946 – botete peruano, Peruvian puffer 
                                           Species Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785) – bandtail puffer, tamboril manchado, botete collarete, Bandtail Puffer 
                                           Species Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus, 1758) – checkered puffer, tamboríl rayado, botete sapo, Checkered Puffer 
                                           Species Sphoeroides trichocephalus (Cope, 1870) – botete enano, pygmy puffer, Pygmy Puffer 
                                           Species Sphoeroides tyleri Shipp, 1972  
                                           Species Sphoeroides yergeri Shipp, 1972  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes  
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Sphoeroides    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 31-Oct-2014, website (version 31-Oct-14)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: Eschmeyer, W. N. (ed). Catalog of Fishes. (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 03-Nov-2014   
  Reference for: Sphoeroides   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sphoeroides   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N.  
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera of Recent Fishes   
  Page(s): iii + 697   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, CA, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-23-8   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sphoeroides   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sphoeroides   
       

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