Sphoeroides annulatus
Bullseye puffer | Gulf Puffer
Distribution
Tropical Eastern Pacific
Description
Grey body with a series of often broken and irregular concentric, light circles centred on mid back, and often a scattering of dark spots on sides. Underside pale. When sitting on the bottom it flattens its underside, though often seen swimming in mid-water above the reef and at the surface.
Information
Max Size: 44 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 16-29.3°C
Depth: 1-105m
Habitat Generalization Index: 1.61
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Least Concern
Occurrence: Infrequent (8.2% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Few (5 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: Joe Shields