The Southern Puffer, Sphoeroides nephelus, whose common Spanish name is botete fruta, is a member of the Puffer or Tetraodontidae Family

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The Southern Puffer, Sphoeroides nephelus, whose common Spanish name is botete fruta, is a member of the Puffer or Tetraodontidae Family, known collectively as botetes in Mexico. Globally, there are 23 species in the genus Sphoeroides, of which 13 are found in Mexican waters, eight in the Atlantic and five in the Pacific.

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