Canthigaster compressa

Canthigaster compressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Canthigaster
Species: C. compressa
Binomial name
Canthigaster compressa
(Marion de Procé, 1822)

Canthigaster compressa, also known as the compressed toby or fingerprint toby, is a demersal Marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae.

The fingerprint toby is a small sized fish which grows up to 12 cm.[1]

It is widely distributed throughout the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean.[2]

It inhabits the shallow sandy to silty lagoons, harbours or channels from 2 to 12 m.[3] Canthigaster compressa has a diurnal activity.

References

  1. http://eol.org/pages/1012913/details#size
  2. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/6542
  3. Lieske & Myers,Coral reef fishes,Princeton University Press, 2009, ISBN 9780691089959

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