Description of the Pre-Settlement Larvae of Sphoeroides spengleri (Pisces: Tetraodontidae)

Robert E. Schmidt; Jeremy J. Wright; Erin R. McMullin

doi:10.1656/058.022.0307

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Robert E. Schmidt,^1,* Jeremy J. Wright,² Erin R. McMullin³

¹Adjunct Curator of Fishes, New York State Museum, 145 Jordan Road, Troy, NY 12180.
²Curator of Fishes, New York State Museum, 3140 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230.
³Ashfield MedComms, 41 Welcome Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230.

^*Corresponding author - schmidt@simons-rock.edu.

Abstract

We verified pre-settlement Sphoeroides spengleri (Bandtail Puffer) larvae by genetic sequencing and herein describe their morphology and pigmentation. The lead author collected the specimens on a North Carolina beach among stranded Sargassum, which may represent the first record of this species in the Sargassum community along the Mid-Atlantic Bight. Cleared and stained specimens exhibited a declivitous vertebral column that has been reported in few other members of the Tetraodontiformes.

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Robert E. Schmidt, Jeremy J. Wright, and Erin R. McMullin "Description of the Pre-Settlement Larvae of Sphoeroides spengleri (Pisces: Tetraodontidae)," Southeastern Naturalist 22(3), N52-N57, (31 August 2023). https://doi.org/10.1656/058.022.0307

Published: 31 August 2023

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