Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and

Caribbean Reefs

Checkered Puffer
Sphoeroides testudineus
Checkered Puffer
Category: Pufferfishes
Scientific Name: Sphoeroides testudineus
Size: 4 to 7 in. (10 to 18 cm)  
Depth: 3-35 ft. (1-12 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Gulf of America
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Tetraodontoidei (Suborder)
      └Tetraodontidae (Family) Pufferfishes
       └Sphoeroides (Genus)
        └S. testudineus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 158936🔗
iNaturalist ID: 317382🔗

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