Sphoeroides annulatus

Sphoeroides annulatus (bullseye puffer) is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from California, USA to Pisco, Peru and the Galápagos Islands.[1]

Bullseye puffer
Swimming near Galápagos Islands
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Sphoeroides
Species:
S. annulatus
Binomial name
Sphoeroides annulatus
(Jenyns, 1842)

References

  1. Sphoeroides annulatus, Fishbase.org
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