Guentheridia formosa
Guentheridia formosa, the spotted puffer, is a species of pufferfish native to the coasts of the eastern Pacific Ocean from Costa Rica to Ecuador. This species grows to a length of 26 centimetres (10 in) TL. It is the only known member of the monotypic genus Guentheridia.
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| Genus: | Guentheridia C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 |
| Species: | G. formosa |
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| Guentheridia formosa (Günther, 1870) | |
Other common names for the fish include compère taché in French and tamborín and tamboril manchado in Spanish.[1]
Notes
- Nielsen, J. G., et al. 2010. Guentheridia formosa. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. Downloaded on 23 June 2013.
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References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Guentheridia formosa" in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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