Canthigaster

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Clown toado, Canthigaster callisternaPhoto by Ian Skipworth
Clown toado, Canthigaster callisterna
Photo by Ian Skipworth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Canthigaster
Swainson, 1839
Species

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Canthigaster is a genus in the pufferfish family (Tetraodontidae).

[edit] Species

  • Spider-eye puffer, Canthigaster amboinensis (Bleeker, 1865)
  • Bennett's sharpnose puffer, Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, 1854)
  • Bennett's sharpnose puffer, Canthigaster bennetti Kendall & Goldsborough, 1911
  • Clown toado, Canthigaster callisterna (Ogilby, 1889)
  • Macaronesian sharpnose-puffer, Canthigaster capistrata (Lowe, 1839)
  • Compressed toby, Canthigaster compressa (Marion de Procé, 1822)
  • Crowned puffer, Canthigaster coronata (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)
  • Canthigaster cyanetron Randall & Cea Egaña, 1989
  • Lantern toby, Canthigaster epilampra (Jenkins, 1903)
  • Southern Atlantic sharpnose-puffer, Canthigaster figueiredoi Moura & Castro, 2002
  • Canthigaster flavoreticulata Matsuura, 1986
  • Canthigaster inframacula Allen & Randall, 1977
  • Canthigaster investigatoris (Annandale & Jenkins, 1910)
  • Hawaiian whitespotted toby, Canthigaster jactator (Jenkins, 1901)
  • Goldface toby, Canthigaster jamestyleri Moura & Castro, 2002
  • Honeycomb toby, Canthigaster janthinoptera (Bleeker, 1855)
  • Leopard sharpnose puffer, Canthigaster leoparda Lubbock & Allen, 1979
  • Canthigaster margaritata (Rüppell, 1829)
  • Canthigaster marquesensis Allen & Randall, 1977
  • Natal toby, Canthigaster natalensis (Günther, 1870)
  • Shy toby, Canthigaster ocellicincta Allen & Randall, 1977
  • Papuan toby, Canthigaster papua (Bleeker, 1848)
  • Canthigaster punctata Matsuura, 1992
  • Spotted sharpnosed puffer, Canthigaster punctatissima (Günther, 1870)
Valentinni's sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster valentini)
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Valentinni's sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster valentini)
  • Pygmy toby, Canthigaster pygmaea Allen & Randall, 1977
  • Canthigaster rapaensis Allen & Randall, 1977
  • Brown-lined puffer, Canthigaster rivulata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
  • Caribbean sharpnose-puffer, Canthigaster rostrata (Bloch, 1786)
  • St. Helena sharpnose pufferfish, Canthigaster sanctaehelenae (Günther, 1870)
  • Bicolored toby, Canthigaster smithae Allen & Randall, 1977
  • Spotted sharpnose, Canthigaster solandri (Richardson, 1845)
  • West African sharpnose-puffer, Canthigaster supramacula Moura & Castro, 2002
  • Tyler's toby, Canthigaster tyleri Allen & Randall, 1977
  • Valentinni's sharpnose puffer, Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853)

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