Florent's Guide To The

Tropical 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)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Tetraodontidae (Family)
      └Sphoeroides (Genus)

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