Sphoeroides Lacépède 1798 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 83299
Parent taxon: Tetraodontidae according to K. Matsuura 2015
Sister taxa: Archaeotetraodon, Eotetraodon, Leithaodon, Tetraodon, Canthigasteridae, Diodontoidea
Subtaxa: Sphoeroides hyperostosus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore