Guinean puffer
(Sphoeroides marmoratus)

Classification

Species: Sphoeroides marmoratus

General data

Scientific names: Guinean puffer
Habitat: Saltwater
Climates: Tropical, Subtropical
Native to coasts of: Africa, Europe
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.