Sphoeroides lobatus (Steindachner, 1870) .

Longnose Puffer. To at least 30.3 cm (11.9 in) TL (John Snow, pers. comm. to M.L.). Redondo Beach, southern California (Grove and Lavenberg 1997) to Salinas (33°57’S), central Chile (Brito 2003), including southern and central Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2002), and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Marine and brackish waters (Fricke et al. 2020); depth: surface (nightlight; Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California), 1–107 m (3–351 ft) (min.: Allen and Robertson 1994; max.: Amezcua Linares 1996).