Canthigaster compressa
Canthigaster compressa | |
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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
- ↑ http://eol.org/pages/1012913/details#size
- ↑ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/6542
- ↑ Lieske & Myers,Coral reef fishes,Princeton University Press, 2009, ISBN 9780691089959