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Papuan toby (Canthigaster papua)
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Tetraodontidae

Papuan toby

Canthigaster papua

Fish Reaching Ten Centimeters in the Eastern Indian Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Deep-bodied
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Papuan toby is a marine fish of Indo-West Pacific. The species occupies reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 10 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Puffers, Triggerfishes, and Allies
Family
Tetraodontidae
Genus
Canthigaster
Water type
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
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