WoRMS taxon details
Sphoeroides lispus Walker, 1996
275278 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275278)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Walker, H. J. Jr.; Bussing, W. A. (1996). Two new pufferfishes fo the genus <i>Sphoeroides</i> from the Eastern Pacific. <em>Copeia.</em> 1996(3): 677-684. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sphoeroides lispus Walker, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275278 on 2026-01-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Walker, H. J. Jr.; Bussing, W. A. (1996). Two new pufferfishes fo the genus <i>Sphoeroides</i> from the Eastern Pacific. <em>Copeia.</em> 1996(3): 677-684. [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
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphoeroides lispus)
To FishBase
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphoeroides lispus USNM 394069 radiograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphoeroides lispus)
To FishBase
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphoeroides lispus USNM 394069 radiograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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