WoRMS taxon details
Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
127417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127417)
accepted
Species
Liosaccus aerobaticus Whitley, 1928 · unaccepted (synonym)
Liosaccus cutaneus (Günther, 1870) · unaccepted
Liosaccus pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848) · unaccepted
Sphaeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870) · unaccepted
Spheroides dubius von Bonde, 1923 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sphoeroides cutaneous (Günther, 1870) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Sphoeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870) · unaccepted
Sphoeroides dubius von Bonde, 1923 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Sphoeroides pachgaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tetraodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848 · unaccepted
Tetrodon cutaneus Günther, 1870 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tetrodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Thecapteryx lioderma Fowler, 1948 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tetrodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848) Schomburgk, R. H. (1848). The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical description of the island and an account of its geology and natural productions. London. i-xx + 1-722. 7 pls. [details]
Distribution circumglobally in tropical and temperate seas; Western Atlantic: La Have Bank to Argentina
Distribution circumglobally in tropical and temperate seas; Western Atlantic: La Have Bank to Argentina [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127417 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Liosaccus aerobaticus Whitley, 1928) Whitley, G. P. (1928). Studies in ichthyology. No. 2. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 16 (no. 4): 211-239, Pls. 16-18. [details]
original description (of Spheroides dubius von Bonde, 1923) von Bonde, C. (1923). Shallow-water fishes procured by the S. S. "Pickle.". <em>Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep.</em> 3 (art. 1): 1-40, Pls. 1-9. [details]
original description (of Tetrodon cutaneus Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549. [details]
original description (of Tetrodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848) Schomburgk, R. H. (1848). The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical description of the island and an account of its geology and natural productions. London. i-xx + 1-722. 7 pls. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Spheroides dubius von Bonde, 1923) von Bonde, C. (1923). Shallow-water fishes procured by the S. S. "Pickle.". <em>Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep.</em> 3 (art. 1): 1-40, Pls. 1-9. [details]
original description (of Tetrodon cutaneus Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549. [details]
original description (of Tetrodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848) Schomburgk, R. H. (1848). The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical description of the island and an account of its geology and natural productions. London. i-xx + 1-722. 7 pls. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Schomburgk, R. H. (1848). The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical description of the island and an account of its geology and natural productions. London. i-xx + 1-722. 7 pls.
page(s): 677 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Schomburgk, R. H. (1848). The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical description of the island and an account of its geology and natural productions. London. i-xx + 1-722. 7 pls.
page(s): 677 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Maltese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Natural dispersalAtlantic immigrant or Lessepsian immigrant? [details]
Unreviewed
Authority (Müller & Troschel in Schomburgk, 1848) [details]Diet Feeds mainly on squid [details]
Distribution circumglobally in tropical and temperate seas; Western Atlantic: La Have Bank to Argentina [details]
Habitat Inhabits sandy, muddy and rocky bottoms. [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Importance Social- Commercial fishery [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | smooth pufferfishblunthead puffer | [details] |
| Japanese | ヨリトフグ | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Βραχυκέφαλος τετραόδοντας | [details] |
| Russian | Тупоголовая рыба-шар | [details] |
| Spanish | botete chato | [details] |
| Turkish | balon baligi | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (66 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sphaeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon cutaneus Günther, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Liosaccus aerobaticus Whitley, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Liosaccus cutaneus (Günther, 1870))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tetrodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tetraodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphoeroides pachygaster)
To FishBase (from synonym Sphoeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870))
To FishBase (from synonym Liosaccus pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848))
To FishBase (from synonym Sphaeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870))
To FishBase (from synonym Liosaccus aerobaticus Whitley, 1928)
To FishBase (from synonym Liosaccus cutaneus (Günther, 1870))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Thecapteryx lioderma Fowler, 1948)
To FishBase (from synonym Sphoeroides pachgaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848))
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Spheroides dubius von Bonde, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon cutaneus Günther, 1870)
To FishBase images (Sphoeroides pachygaster, Cape Verde, by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP)
To GenBank (110 nucleotides; 136 proteins)
To GenBank (110 nucleotides; 136 proteins) (from synonym Tetrodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphoeroides pachygaster USNM 389311 radiograph caudal)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Sphoeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sphaeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon cutaneus Günther, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Liosaccus aerobaticus Whitley, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Liosaccus cutaneus (Günther, 1870))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tetrodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tetraodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphoeroides pachygaster)
To FishBase (from synonym Sphoeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870))
To FishBase (from synonym Liosaccus pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848))
To FishBase (from synonym Sphaeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870))
To FishBase (from synonym Liosaccus aerobaticus Whitley, 1928)
To FishBase (from synonym Liosaccus cutaneus (Günther, 1870))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Thecapteryx lioderma Fowler, 1948)
To FishBase (from synonym Sphoeroides pachgaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848))
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Spheroides dubius von Bonde, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon cutaneus Günther, 1870)
To FishBase images (Sphoeroides pachygaster, Cape Verde, by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP)
To GenBank (110 nucleotides; 136 proteins)
To GenBank (110 nucleotides; 136 proteins) (from synonym Tetrodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphoeroides pachygaster USNM 389311 radiograph caudal)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Sphoeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870))
To ITIS
