Green puffer
(Sphoeroides greeleyi)
Image source: Sylvain Le Bris | inaturalist.org
General data
Scientific names:
Green puffer
Habitat:
Saltwater
Climate:
Tropical
Distribution:
Atlantic Ocean
Tropical areas of Western Atlantic: Honduras to Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Max length: 22.6 cm TL
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 7.
Upper two-thirds of head and body with groups of small dark brown spots; whitish ventrally; caudal fin with a dusky bar basally and a 2nd but fainter dark bar in outer middle part of fin.
Found over soft bottoms generally with vegetation such as Thalassia testudinum. Prefers turbid water. Feeds on marine invertebrates.
Locally consumed but its visceral organs may be toxic.
