Sphoeroides trichocephalus
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Tetraodontidae |
Genus: | Sphoeroides |
Species: | S. trichocephalus
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Binomial name | |
Sphoeroides trichocephalus (Cope, 1870)
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Sphoeroides trichocephalus, the pygmy puffer, is a species of pufferfish native to the Central American coast of the Pacific Ocean with records from Chile. This species grows to a length of 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) TL.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sphoeroides trichocephalus". FishBase. October 2012 version.