Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Sphoeroides lobatus
botete verrugoso, Tumbulero lóbulo, Lobeskin puffer, longnose puffer
Size: Lenghts of at least 30 cm. Mottled or blotched shades of brown to olive with numerous small white spots.
Habitat: Reef species that is also encountered along rock-sand interfaces where it forages in reef and sand habitats.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Tetraodontiformes
Suborder
Tetraodontoidei
Family
Tetraodontidae
Genus
Sphoeroides
Species
lobatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Canthogaster lobatus Steindachner, 1870, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Distribution: Eastern Pacific, from California and the Gulf of California to Peru, and Galapagos. Southern California to Chile. Revillagigedos, Cocos, Malpelo and Galápagos Islands.
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- Humann, P. Deloach, N. (2003) Reef Fish Identification - Galapagos. New World Publication, Inc. Florida USA & Libri Mundi, Quito, Ecuador, 226 pp.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- IUCN (2010) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 April 2010.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
- Constant, P. (2007) Marine Life of the Galapagos. The Diver's guide to Fishes, Whales, Dolphins and marine Invertebrates, 307 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Sphoeroides lobatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7818. Accessed 13 June 2025.