Species: Sphoeroides greeleyi, Green puffer


Sphoeroides greeleyi Gilbert, 1900
Green puffer
Body oblong, thick, inflatable; head blunt; nasal organ on each side a short papilla with 2 small holes at end; eyes high on sides of head; jaws are a strong beak composed of 4 fused heavy powerful teeth with a central suture on each jaw; a slit-like gill opening in front of the pectoral fin base; a single short- based dorsal fin at rear of body; a similar-shaped anal fin with origin under or behind last few dorsal rays; dorsal rays 8, anal rays 7; pectoral 14-15; no pelvic fins; no spines in the fins; tail fin edge bluntly straight, with 10 main rays; tough scaleless skin, a few skin flaps usually present on sides; prickles on upper & lower parts of fish from between eyes to behind origin of dorsal fin, & from chin to near anus; a patch of scale-like structures behind pectoral base.
Upper head and body light cream overlaid with smallish dark chocolate blotches of varying sizes and shapes, often formed by clusters of small spots; tail fin vaguely barred.
Size: 17 cm.
Habitat: demersal on soft bottoms.
Depth: 1-20 m.
The NW Caribbean to Brazil.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Sand & gravel
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Mud
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Submerged vegetation
- Reef and soft bottom
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Extends South of GC
- All species..
- Island (s)
- Continental primarily
- GC non-endemic
- Also in Brazil
- Continent + Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 17
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 20