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

Authors

  • 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

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25268/bimc.invemar.2017.46.1.723

Keywords:

Oceanic islands, Tropical Eastern Pacific, Puffer-fish.

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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Published

2017-06-30

Issue

Vol. 46 No. 1 (2017)

Section

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 May 24];46(1). Available from: https://boletin.invemar.org.co/index.php/boletin/article/view/723