spotted puffer

Canthigaster janthinoptera

Fish Reaching Nine Centimeters in the South African Coast

spotted puffer is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 9 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Puffers, Triggerfishes, and Allies
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Canthigaster
Maximum length: 9 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa south to Transkei, South Africa (Ref. 4919 ) and east to the Line, Marquesan, and Oeno islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island. Replaced by Canthigaster jactator in the Hawaiian Islands and Canthigaster punctatissimus in the tropical eastern Pacific (Ref. 37816 ). Also recorded from Southeast Atlantic.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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