Sphoeroides

Sphoeroides is a genus of pufferfishes.

Sphoeroides
Sphoeroides dorsalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Tetraodontidae
Subfamily:	Tetraodontinae
Genus:	Sphoeroides Anonymous (Lacépède), 1798[1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Crayracion Schaeffer, 1760 (Unav.) Spheroides Lacepède, 1800 (Unav.) Orbidus Rafinesque, 1815 (Unav.) Cirrhisomus Swainson, 1839 Leisomus Swainson, 1839 Chelichthys Müller, 1841 (Missp.) Cirrisomus Bonaparte, 1841 (Missp.) Cheilichthys Agassiz, 1845 (Emend.) Cirrhosomus Agassiz, 1846 (Emend.) Crauracium Agassiz, 1846 (Emend.) Sphaeroides Agassiz, 1846 (Emend.) Spheroldes Auctt. (Missp.) Holocanthus Gronow, 1854 Anchisomus Richardson, 1854 Stenometope Bibron, 1855 (Unav.) Crayracion Bleeker, 1865 Uranostoma Bleeker, 1865 Liosaccus Günther, 1870 Thecapteryx Fowler, 1948

Species

There are currently 25 recognized species in this genus,^[2] which includes the three species FishBase allocates to Colomesus.^[3]

• Sphoeroides andersonianus (Morrow, 1957)
• Sphoeroides angusticeps (Jenyns, 1842) (Narrow-headed puffer)
• Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns, 1842) (Bullseye puffer)
• Sphoeroides camila (P. H. Carvalho, Rotundo, Pitassy & I. Sazima 2023) ^[4]
• Sphoeroides dorsalis (Longley, 1934) (Marbled puffer)
• Sphoeroides georgemilleri (Shipp, 1972) (Plaincheek puffer)
• Sphoeroides greeleyi (C. H. Gilbert, 1900) (Green puffer)
• Sphoeroides kendalli (Meek & Hildebrand, 1928) (Slick puffer)
• Sphoeroides lispus (H. J. Walker, 1996) (Naked puffer)
• Sphoeroides lobatus (Steindachner, 1870) (Longnose puffer)
• Sphoeroides maculatus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Northern puffer)
• Sphoeroides marmoratus (R. T. Lowe, 1838) (Guinean puffer)
• Sphoeroides nephelus (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1882) (Southern puffer)
• Sphoeroides pachygaster (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848) (Blunthead puffer)
• Sphoeroides parvus (Shipp & Yerger, 1969) (Least puffer)
• Sphoeroides rosenblatti (W. A. Bussing, 1996)
• Sphoeroides sechurae (Hildebrand, 1946) (Peruvian puffer)
• Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785) (Bandtail puffer)
• Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Checkered puffer)
• Sphoeroides trichocephalus (Cope, 1870) (Pygmy puffer)
• Sphoeroides tyleri (Shipp, 1972) (Bearded puffer)
• Sphoeroides yergeri (Shipp, 1972) (Speckled puffer)

Synonyms

• Sphoeroides nitidus (Griffin, 1921); synonym of Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)