Green Puffer
Sphoeroides greeleyi
- Group: Pufferfish
- Max size: 22.6 cm
- For divers: safe
- IUCN status: LC
This puffer favours turbid water over soft bottoms with seagrass like Thalassia, picking marine invertebrates from the sediment. Like other puffers its organs can be toxic, and it grows to about twenty three centimetres.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Tetraodontiformes › Tetraodontidae › Sphoeroides
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 275276.
FAQ
- Is the Green Puffer dangerous to divers?
- The Green Puffer is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Green Puffer get?
- The Green Puffer grows to about 22.6 cm.