Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 2957 specimens in 22 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1233 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 50000
Temperature range (°C): 0.153 - 27.601
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.144 - 32.031
Salinity (PPS): 32.029 - 38.013
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.276 - 7.138
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.038 - 2.834
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 52.132
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 50000
Temperature range (°C): 0.153 - 27.601
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.144 - 32.031
Salinity (PPS): 32.029 - 38.013
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.276 - 7.138
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.038 - 2.834
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 52.132
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1233 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 50000
Temperature range (°C): 0.153 - 27.601
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.144 - 32.031
Salinity (PPS): 32.029 - 38.013
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.276 - 7.138
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.038 - 2.834
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 52.132
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 50000
Temperature range (°C): 0.153 - 27.601
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.144 - 32.031
Salinity (PPS): 32.029 - 38.013
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.276 - 7.138
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.038 - 2.834
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 52.132
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
| Specimen Records: | 249 | Public Records: | 72 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 236 | Public Species: | 8 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 212 | Public BINs: | 9 |
| Species: | 16 | ||
| Species With Barcodes: | 15 | ||
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Barcode data
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Locations of barcode samples
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Wikipedia
Sphoeroides
Sphoeroides is a genus of pufferfishes.
Species
There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Sphoeroides andersonianus Morrow, 1957
- Sphoeroides angusticeps (Jenyns, 1842) (Narrow-headed puffer)
- Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns, 1842) (Bullseye puffer)
- Sphoeroides cheesemanii (F. E. Clarke, 1897)
- Sphoeroides dorsalis Longley, 1934 (Marbled puffer)
- Sphoeroides georgemilleri Shipp, 1972
- Sphoeroides greeleyi C. H. Gilbert, 1900 (Green puffer)
- Sphoeroides kendalli Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 (Slick puffer)
- Sphoeroides lispus H. J. Walker, 1996 (Naked puffer)
- Sphoeroides lobatus (Steindachner, 1870) (Longnose puffer)
- Sphoeroides maculatus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Northern puffer)
- Sphoeroides marmoratus (R. T. Lowe, 1838) (Guinean puffer)
- Sphoeroides nephelus (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1882) (Southern puffer)
- Sphoeroides nitidus Griffin, 1921]
- Sphoeroides pachygaster (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848) (Blunthead puffer)
- Sphoeroides parvus Shipp & Yerger, 1969 (Least puffer)
- Sphoeroides rosenblatti W. A. Bussing, 1996
- Sphoeroides sechurae Hildebrand, 1946 (Peruvian puffer)
- Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785) (Bandtail puffer)
- Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Checkered puffer)
- Sphoeroides trichocephalus (Cope, 1870) (Pygmy puffer)
- Sphoeroides tyleri Shipp, 1972 (Bearded puffer)
- Sphoeroides yergeri Shipp, 1972 (Speckled puffer)
References
- ^ An anonymous review of volume I of Lacépède's Histoire naturelle des poissons (in the Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung, 1798, columns 673–680) was apparently the first publication to Latinize several of Lacépède's genera; in this case Lacépède's name was Sphéroïdes.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Sphoeroides in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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