WoRMS taxon details
Sphoeroides nephelus (Goode & Bean, 1882)
275280 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275280)
accepted
Species
Sphaeroides nephelus (Goode & Bean, 1882) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Spheroides harperi Nichols, 1914 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sphoeroides harperi Nichols, 1914 · unaccepted
Sphoeroides nefelus (Goode & Bean, 1882) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tetrodon nephelus Goode & Bean, 1882 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tetrodon nephelus Goode & Bean, 1882) Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1882). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of fish from the southern United States, and three new genera, Letharcus, Ioglossus, and Chriodorus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 297): 412-437. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Sphoeroides nephelus (Goode & Bean, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275280 on 2025-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tetrodon nephelus Goode & Bean, 1882) Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1882). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of fish from the southern United States, and three new genera, Letharcus, Ioglossus, and Chriodorus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 297): 412-437. [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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 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]





To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon nephelus Goode & Bean, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sphoeroides harperi Nichols, 1914)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Sphaeroides nephelus (Goode & Bean, 1882))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Spheroides harperi Nichols, 1914)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphoeroides nephelus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sphoeroides harperi Nichols, 1914)
To FishBase (from synonym Sphoeroides nefelus (Goode & Bean, 1882))
To FishBase (from synonym Spheroides harperi Nichols, 1914)
To FishBase (from synonym Sphaeroides nephelus (Goode & Bean, 1882))
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon nephelus Goode & Bean, 1882)
To FishBase images (Sphoeroides nephelus, USA, by Leahy Jr., P.M.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 102 proteins)
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 102 proteins) (from synonym Tetrodon nephelus Goode & Bean, 1882)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Spheroides spengleri P05291 illustration) (from synonym Tetrodon nephelus Goode & Bean, 1882)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphoeroides nephalus USNM 133559 radiograph lateral)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon nephelus Goode & Bean, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sphoeroides harperi Nichols, 1914)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Sphaeroides nephelus (Goode & Bean, 1882))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Spheroides harperi Nichols, 1914)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphoeroides nephelus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sphoeroides harperi Nichols, 1914)
To FishBase (from synonym Sphoeroides nefelus (Goode & Bean, 1882))
To FishBase (from synonym Spheroides harperi Nichols, 1914)
To FishBase (from synonym Sphaeroides nephelus (Goode & Bean, 1882))
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon nephelus Goode & Bean, 1882)
To FishBase images (Sphoeroides nephelus, USA, by Leahy Jr., P.M.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 102 proteins)
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 102 proteins) (from synonym Tetrodon nephelus Goode & Bean, 1882)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Spheroides spengleri P05291 illustration) (from synonym Tetrodon nephelus Goode & Bean, 1882)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphoeroides nephalus USNM 133559 radiograph lateral)
To ITIS