WoRMS taxon details
Sphoeroides tyleri Shipp, 1972
275286 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275286)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Shipp, R. L. (1972). Three new pufferfishes (Tetraodontidae: Sphoeroides) from the southern Caribbean. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 124 (6): 129-134. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sphoeroides tyleri Shipp, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275286 on 2026-01-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Shipp, R. L. (1972). Three new pufferfishes (Tetraodontidae: Sphoeroides) from the southern Caribbean. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 124 (6): 129-134. [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 (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphoeroides tyleri)
To FishBase
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphoeroides tyleri USNM 289330 radiograph caudal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphoeroides tyleri USNM 390633 radiograph lateral)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphoeroides tyleri)
To FishBase
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphoeroides tyleri USNM 289330 radiograph caudal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphoeroides tyleri USNM 390633 radiograph lateral)
To ITIS
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