Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Tetraodontiformes > Family Tetraodontidae > Genus Sphoeroides

Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphoeroides*	Anonymous, 1798	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: bandtail puffer sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

Spanish, Castillian: botete collarete

Literature

basis of record	Robins, C.R., G.C. Ray, J. Douglass and R. Freund. 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 354 p.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Fishbase

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

FishBase
Barcode of Life (32 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
GenBank (12 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158935