Where Does Checkered Puffer Live?

Checkered Puffer lives in specific habitats. Knowing where to look helps you find and identify it.

Where to find Checkered Puffer

Water type

brackish

Depth

Typically found in shallow waters, from the surface down to about 10 meters (33 feet).

Environment

Common in estuaries, mangrove areas, seagrass beds, and shallow coastal lagoons. They prefer soft, sandy, or muddy bottoms where they can forage and hide. They are euryhaline, tolerating a wide range of salinities from nearly freshwater to full marine conditions.

Geographic range

Western Atlantic Ocean, from Florida (USA) and Bermuda, throughout the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and south to southeastern Brazil.

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