The speckled puffer (Sphoeroides yergeri) is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes. It is found in the Caribbean Sea.[2]

Speckled puffer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Sphoeroides
Species:
S. yergeri
Binomial name
Sphoeroides yergeri
Shipp, 1972

References edit

  1. ^ Shao, K.-T.; Hardy, G.; Jing, L.; Leis, J.L.; Matsuura, K.; Liu, M.; Tyler, J. (2015). "Sphoeroides yergeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T190328A67931448. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190328A67931448.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Sphoeroides yergeri" in FishBase. April 2013 version.