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Sphoeroides maculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary [details] 
Distribution Newfoundland to northeastern Florida  
Distribution Newfoundland to northeastern Florida [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Sphoeroides maculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158934 on 2026-06-03
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Sphoeroides maculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158934 on 2026-06-03
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2005-05-27 09:47:05Z
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original description (of ) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary [details] 

basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Diet Feeds primarily on shellfish and, more rarely, finfish [details]

Distribution Newfoundland to northeastern Florida [details]

Habitat Found in bays, estuaries and coastal waters to depths of 10 m. [details]

Habitat benthic [details]

Importance Scientific- Minor commercial [details]

Predators Bony fishes, sharks and rays [details]

Reproduction external fertilization [details]
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English swellfishpuffernorthern pufferblowfish  [details]
French sphéroïde du nord  [details]
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