Puffer
Sphoeroides testudineus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
- Genus
- Sphoeroides
Where to Find
Found in 42 diving areas across 22 countries and 5 regions.
- Abaco, Bahamas - 3 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 6 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 12 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 14 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 7 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 11 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 2 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 2 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 15 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 15 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 1 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 18 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 11 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 4 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 3 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 24 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 10 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 10 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 9 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 18 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 15 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 14 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 25 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 8 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 7 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 19 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 8 records
- Utila, Honduras - 26 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 4 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 7 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 8 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 14 records
- Malpelo Island, Colombia - 49 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 23 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 1 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 15 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records