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Bandtail puffer

Sphoeroides spengleri

Description:

•They eat mollusks, crustaceans and echinoderms. •They are oviparous. •They live mostly close to the bottom, where they find cover and are less likely to be spotted by predators.

Habitat:

Seagrass beds, coral reefs, close to the bottom -I saw this puffer in Ilha Grande (RJ, Brazil)

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BrunoMoller
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BrunoMoller

Angra dos Reis, RJ, Brazil

Spotted on Apr 23, 2016
Submitted on Nov 28, 2016

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