Kinds of SFTEP

Shorefishes of the tropical eastern Pacific

Ross Robertson and Gerald Allen
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Scientific name -- Other names
Tetraodontidae -- Pufferfishes
   Arothron hispidus C. Linnaeus, 1758 -- White-spotted puffer
   Arothron meleagris B. G. E. Lacepède, 1798 -- Guineafowl puffer
   Canthigaster amboinensis Bleeker, 1865 -- Spider-eye sharpnose-puffer
   Canthigaster janthinopterus Bleeker, 1855 -- Green-spotted sharpnose-puffer
   Canthigaster punctatissima A. Günther, 1870 -- Spotted sharpnose-puffer
   Canthigaster valentini Bleeker, 1853 -- Black-saddled sharpnose-puffer
   Guentheridia formosa A. Günther, 1870 -- Spotted puffer
   Lagocephalus lagocephalus C. Linnaeus, 1758 -- Oceanic puffer
   Sphoeroides angusticeps L. Jenyns, 1842 -- Skin-flap puffer
   Sphoeroides annulatus L. Jenyns, 1842 -- Bullseye puffer
   Sphoeroides kendalli S. E. Meek and S. F. Hildebrand, 1928 -- Slick puffer
   Sphoeroides lispus H. J. Walker in Walker and Bussing, 1996 -- Puffer naked
   Sphoeroides lobatus F. Steindachner, 1870 -- Longnose puffer
   Sphoeroides rosenblatti H. J. Walker in Walker and Bussing, 1996 -- Oval puffer
   Sphoeroides sechurae S. F. Hildebrand, 1946 -- Southern puffer
   Sphoeroides trichocephalus E. D. Cope, 1870 -- Pygmy puffer

Updated: 2012-04-10 19:57:35

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