FIRST RECORD OF THE LONGNOSE PUFFER (SPHOEROIDES LOBATUS: TETRAODONTIDAE) IN MALPELO ISLAND, COLOMBIAN PACIFIC.

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Published: 2017-06-30
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25268/bimc.invemar.2017.46.1.723
Keywords:
Oceanic islands, Tropical Eastern Pacific, Puffer-fish.

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Stephanía Rojas-Vélez
Universidad del Valle, Departamento de Biología, Grupo de Investigación en Sistemática, Evolución y Biogeografía Animal, AA 25360, Cali, Colombia
José Julian Tavera
Universidad del Valle, Departamento de Biología, Grupo de Investigación en Sistemática, Evolución y Biogeografía Animal, AA 25360, Cali, Colombia

Abstract

Among the eight species of the genus Sphoeroides (family Tetraodontidae) that inhabit the Tropical Eastern Pacific only Sphoeroides lobatus has been reported in more than one
group of oceanic islands: Galápagos, Revillagigedo and Isla del Coco. This work presents the first documented record of the longnose puffer (S. lobatus) at Malpelo Island, Colombian Pacific.

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Vol. 46 No. 1 (2017)

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Scientific Notes
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FIRST RECORD OF THE LONGNOSE PUFFER (SPHOEROIDES LOBATUS: TETRAODONTIDAE) IN MALPELO ISLAND, COLOMBIAN PACIFIC. Bol. Investig. Mar. Costeras [Internet]. 2017 Jun. 30 [cited 2026 Jan. 11];46(1). Available from: https://boletin.invemar.org.co/index.php/boletin/article/view/723

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