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Kevin Bryant, license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Tetraodontiformes
Family:
Tetraodontidae
Subfamily:
Tetraodontinae
Genus:
Sphoeroides
Species:
spengleri
Common:
Bandtail puffer
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Brackish water
Marine
Map of Known Habitats
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Regions:
Atlantic, Northwest
Atlantic, Southwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Fish, M. P. 1948. Sonic Fishes of the Pacific. Office of Naval Research, Contract N6 ori-195, No. 2 TO 1, NR-083-003, Technical Report No. 2.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Fish, M. P., Mowbray, W. H. 1970. Sounds of Western North Atlantic Fishes, A Reference File of Biological Underwater Sounds. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, MD.
Moulton, J. M. 1958. The Acoustical Behavior of Some Fishes in the Bimini Area. Biological Bulletin, 114(3): 357-374.