Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Checkered Puffer
Checkered Puffer
Scientific Name: Sphoeroides testudineus
Family: Tetraodontidae
Category: Pufferfishes
Size: 4 to 7 in. (10 to 18 cm)  
Depth: 3-35 ft. (1-12 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Gulf of Mexico

Odd-Shaped Swimmers
Pufferfishes

Checkered Puffer

Blue-Spotted Puffer

Whitespotted Puffer

Immaculate Puffer

Striped Puffer

Map Puffer

Map Puffer (Juvenile)

Guineafowl Puffer

Blackspotted Puffer

Reticulated puffer

Star Puffer

Ambon Toby

Pacific Crown Toby

Whitebelly Toby

Fingerprint Toby

Hawaiian Crown Toby

Lantern Toby

Hawaiian Whitespotted Toby

Honeycomb Toby

Papuan Toby

Spotted Sharpnosed Puffer

Sharpnose Puffer

Black-Saddled Toby

Bandtail Puffer



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