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Bandtail Puffer (Sphoeroides spengleri)

Bandtail Puffer

Sphoeroides spengleri

Class
Ray-finned fish
Rarity
Common
Observations
796
Most observed in
🇺🇸 United States
Conservation
Least Concern

Description

The bandtail puffer (Sphoeroides spengleri) is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes. It can grow to a length of about 30 cm and is common in the Caribbean and observed from Massachusetts, USA in the north to Santa Catarina, Brazil in the south.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Bandtail puffer”.

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