Animalia > Chordata > Tetraodontiformes > Tetraodontidae > Sphoeroides > Sphoeroides maculatus

Sphoeroides maculatus (Swellfish; Puffer; Northern puffer)

Synonyms: Sphaeroides maculatus; Spheroldes maculatus; Tetraodon maculatus; Tetrodon hispidus maculatus; Tetrodon turgidus
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Wikipedia Abstract

Northern puffer, Sphoeroides maculatus, is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes, found along the Atlantic coast of North America. Unlike many other pufferfish species, the flesh of the northern puffer is not poisonous (its viscera can contain poison). They are commonly called sugar toads in the Chesapeake Bay region, where they are eaten as a delicacy.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cape Cod National Seashore II 21724 Massachusetts, United States
Reserva de la Biosfera de Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve VI 1312618 Mexico  

Predators

Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (Atlantic sharp-nosed shark)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Bianium plicitum[2]
Lepocreadium areolatum[2]
Neobenedenia melleni[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Food of Northwest Atlantic Fishes and Two Common Species of Squid, Ray E. Bowman, Charles E. Stillwell, William L. Michaels, and Marvin D. Grosslein, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-155 (2000)
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0