Evolutionary history, biogeography, and a new species of Sphoeroides (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae): how the major biogeographic barriers of the Atlantic Ocean shaped the evolution of a pufferfish genus Author Araujo, Gabriel S. Author Kurtz, Yan R. Author Sazima, Ivan Author Carvalho, Pedro Hollanda Author Floeter, Sergio R. Author Vilasboa, Anderson Author Rotundo, Matheus M. Author Ferreira, Carlos E. L. Author Barreiros, João Pedro Author Pitassy and Alfredo Carvalho-Filho, Diane E. text Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2023 2023-08-16 199 4 978 993 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad055 journal article 284553 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad055 4cc18c09-905c-4a8d-93b6-6d6a4f7d196b 0024-4082 10470012

Table 2. Selected characters of the S. marmoratus complex

Characters	S. marmoratus	S. spengleri	S. camila
Lappets on dorsum	One pair, black	Usually none	At least one pale pair
Black spots beneath eye	Present	Absent	Absent
Blue spots/circles on dorsum	Absent	Usually absent	Present
Lateral-ventral row of spots	10–12, usually rounded spots	11–14, usually 13 rounded spots	11–14, usually 13 tear-shaped spots
Black spots above lateral-ventral row	0–2, diffuse	2–3, conspicuous	None
Distal bar of caudal fin	Dark and wide	Black and thin	Greenish-yellow and wide