Kingdom Animalia Order Tetraodontiformes Genus Sphoeroides Higher classification Sphoeroides | Phylum Chordata Family Tetraodontidae Scientific name Sphoeroides pachygaster Rank Species | |
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Similar Sphoeroides, Pufferfish, Oceanic puffer, Lagocephalus, Tetraodontiformes | ||
The blunthead puffer, Sphoeroides pachygaster, is a pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae, found circumglobally in tropical and temperate seas, at depths between 50 and 500 m. Its length is up to 40 cm.
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