Guinean puffer
(Sphoeroides marmoratus)
Classification
Species:
Sphoeroides marmoratus
Genus:
Sphoeroides
Family: Tetraodontidae - Puffers
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
General data
Scientific names:
Guinean puffer
Habitat:
Saltwater
Climates:
Tropical, Subtropical
Distribution:
Atlantic Ocean
The Guinean puffer, Sphoeroides marmoratus, is a species of the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes.
Found in the eastern Atlantic from Portugal to Angola, including Madeira, the Azores, Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, it has been recently recorded on rare, distinct occasions in the Alboran Sea, western Mediterranean Sea.