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Family Ostraciidae — Boxfishes
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Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Roundbelly Cowfish, Spiny Boxfish, or Spiny Cowfish. To 34 cm
(13.4 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2002). Pacific and Indian oceans; Santa Barbara, southern California
(Miller and Lea 1972) to Chile (Pequeño 1989), including Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997).
Shallow water, surface to 50 m (164 ft) (min.: Miller and Lea 1972; max.: Robertson and Allen 2002).
*Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796. Pacific Boxfish, Spotted Boxfish, or Spotted Trunkfish. To 25 cm (9.8 in)
TL (Smith in Smith and Heemstra 1986). Pacific and Indian oceans; southern Japan (Yamada in
Nakabo 2002); Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California, and other locations in tropical eastern Pacific
(Thomson et al. 1979), including Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). At depths of 1–30 m
(3–98 ft) (min.: Lieske and Myers 2002; max.: Myers 1999).
Family Tetraodontidae — Puffers
Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758). Stripebelly Puffer or White-spotted Pufferfish. To 50 cm (19.7 in) TL (Laboute
and Grandperrin 2000). Pacific and Indian oceans; northern Baja California (Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995)
to Ecuador (Béarez 1996), including Gulf of California (Galván-Magaña et al. 1998) and Islas Galápagos
(Grove and Lavenberg 1997). 0.5–90 m (2–295 ft) (min.: SIO 61-425; max.: Chave and Mundy 1994).
*Arothron meleagris (Lacepede, 1798). Guineafowl Puffer or Guineafowl Pufferfish. To 40 cm TL (15.7 in;
Robertson and Allen 2002). Tip of Baja California into central and southern Gulf of California
(Robertson and Allen 2002) to Peru (Pequeño 1989), including Islas Galápagos, and other offshore
islands (Robertson and Allen 2002). At depths of 1–35 m (3–115 ft; Robertson and Allen 2002).
*Canthigaster punctatissima (Günther, 1870). Sharpnosed Puffer or Spotted Sharpnose Puffer. To 9 cm
(3.5 in) TL (Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995). Tip of Baja California (Robertson and Allen 2002) to La
Libertad, Ecuador (Grove and Lavenberg 1997), including Gulf of California (Bussing in Fischer et al.
1995) and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). At depths of 2–24 m (5–79 ft) (min.: Allen and
Robertson 1994; max.: SIO 61-233).
Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758). Oceanic Puffer. To 61.0 cm (24 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972).
Circumglobal; Japan (Yamada in Nakabo 2002) and southern Kuril Islands (Parin 2003); Alder Creek
Beach, Mendocino County, northern California (Miller and Lea 1972) to Peru (Grove and Lavenberg
1997), including Gulf of California (Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995) and Islas Galápagos (Grove and
Lavenberg 1997). Oceanic, near surface (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983) to at least 1,000 m (3,280 ft;
Shipp in Carpenter 2003).
Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns, 1842). Bullseye Puffer. To 48 cm (18.0 in) TL (Amezcua Linares 1996).
Redondo Beach, southern California (Grove and Lavenberg 1997) to Pisco, Peru (Chirichigno 1974),
including Gulf of California (Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995) and Islas Galápagos (Watson in Moser 1996).
At depths of 1–105 m (3–344 ft) (min.: SIO 61-185; max.: Amezcua Linares 1996). Marine; juveniles in
estuaries (Velasco and Thiel 2002).
Sphoeroides lispus Walker, 1996. Naked Puffer or Smooth Puffer. To 35.2 cm (13.9 in) TL (Cota-Gómez et al.
1998). Lagunas Ojo de Liebre-Guerrero Negro, central Baja California (Cota-Gómez et al. 1998) to Gulf
of California (Walker and Bussing 1996). Shallow waters to 20 m (66 ft; Walker and Bussing 1996).
Sphoeroides lobatus (Steindachner, 1870). Longnose Puffer. To at least 30 cm (11.8 in) TL (Grove and
Lavenberg 1997). Redondo Beach, southern California (Grove and Lavenberg 1997) to Salinas (33°57'S),
central Chile (Brito 2003), including southern and central Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen
2002) and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Surface (SIO 50-155, nightlight) and 1–107 m
(3–351 ft) (min.: Allen and Robertson 1994; max.: Amezcua Linares 1996).