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title: "Ring-Kugelfisch"
description: "Sphoeroides annulatus — Fische. Sphoeroides annulatus, commonly known as the bullseye puffer, is a species of fish in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/bullseye-puffer
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ring-Kugelfisch

> Sphoeroides annulatus — Fische. Sphoeroides annulatus, commonly known as the bullseye puffer, is a species of fish in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes.

- Scientific name: *Sphoeroides annulatus*
- Category: `fish` (Fische)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 1621
- Wikidata: [Q3757564](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3757564)
- iNaturalist taxon: [55290](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55290)

## Names

- en: Bullseye Puffer
- de: Ring-Kugelfisch
- es: Botete diana

## Countries with the most observations

EC (872), MX (458), CR (62), PA (25), PE (20), SV (6), GT (4), NI (3)

## Summary

Sphoeroides annulatus, commonly known as the bullseye puffer, is a species of fish in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from California, USA to Pisco, Peru and the Galápagos Islands.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphoeroides_annulatus

## Photo

![Ring-Kugelfisch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bullseye-puffer/medium.jpg)

Photo: lallen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70065852

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bullseye-puffer?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).