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Sphoeroides nephelus (Goode & Bean, 1882) 
AphiaID: 275280

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Tetraodontidae (Family) > Sphoeroides (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Sphoeroides Anonymous, 1798
Synonymised
taxa
  Sphaeroides nephelus (Goode & Bean, 1882) (misspelling)
Spheroides harperi Nichols, 1914 (misspelling)
Sphoeroides harperi Nichols, 1914
Sphoeroides nefelus (Goode & Bean, 1882) (misspelling)
Tetrodon nephelus Goode & Bean, 1882
Sources  additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
Host of  Caligus praetextus Bere, 1936 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Pseudochondracanthus diceraus Wilson C.B., 1908 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 61 proteins)
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275280
Taxonomic
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Sphoeroides nephelus (Goode & Bean, 1882). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275280 on 2013-05-19
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