Canthigaster solandri
| Canthigaster solandri | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Canthigaster |
| Species: | C. solandri |
| Binomial name | |
| Canthigaster solandri (Richardson, 1845) | |
Canthigaster solandri is a ray-finned species of fish and member of the pufferfish family. It grows to a length of 11.5 centimers (4.5 in). It lives in the tropical Indo-Pacific: from East Africa to the Line Islands and Tuamotu, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia and Tonga, to the Hawaiian Islands. [1] They have the ability to rapidly fill themselves up like a water balloon, to protect themselves from predators. Their skin also contains a poison.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Canthigaster solandri" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ↑ Ricciuti, Edward R. Fish. Woodbridge, CT: Blackbirch, 1993.
- ↑ Allen, Missy, and Michel Peissel. Dangerous Water Creatures. New York: Chelsea House, 1992.