''Sphoeroides georgemilleri'', known as the plaincheek puffer, is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of pufferfish in the family

Tetraodontidae Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfis ...

. It is known only from the

Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...

off of Colombia, where it occurs at a depth range of 1 to 151 m (3 to 495 ft) and is demersal, inhabiting soft bottoms. It is known to reach at least 12 cm (4.7 inches) in length.

References

Tetraodontidae Fish described in 1972 {{Tetraodontiformes-stub