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Sphoeroides pachygaster in life
In life — Blunthead Puffer, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Robertson Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
BPBM 23732Ichthyology

Sphoeroides pachygaster

Blunthead Puffer

As recorded: Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)

Animalia › Chordata › Tetraodontiformes › Tetraodontidae

Collected by
R/V "Townsend Cromwell" cruise 33, station 54station →V Townsend Cromwell cruise 33 →
Date
November 14, 1967
Locality
Pailolo Channel
Region
United States
Coordinates
21.0000, -156.7330
Depth
214 m
Record type
Preserved specimen
20 Bishop specimens of Sphoeroides pachygaster · collected 1907–1985Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On November 14, 1967, R/V "Townsend Cromwell" cruise 33, station 54 also collected 3 other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Sphoeroides pachygaster. BPBM 23732. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 38743169. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/23732.

Record sources