Canthigaster papua: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
- Genus
- Canthigaster
- Species
- Canthigaster papua
- Scientific Name
- Canthigaster papua
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Canthigaster papua
Canthigaster papua, also known as the Papuan toby , is a demersal Marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae.
The Papuan toby is a small sized fish which grows up to 10 cm.
It is widely distributed throughout the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean and of the western Pacific Ocean.
It inhabits coral reefs with clear water in lagoons and external slope even drop-off from 6 to 50 m. Canthigaster papua has a diurnal activity.
It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.
...Canthigaster papua in languages:
- English
- Papuan Toby
- English
- False-eye Puffer
- English
- Netted Toby
- French
- Canthigaster papou
- German
- Papua-Spitzkopfkugelfisch
- Japanese
- アラレキンチャクフグ
- Portuguese
- Baiacu-anão-da-Papua
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Canthigaster amboinensis
- Canthigaster axiologus
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- Canthigaster bennetti
- Canthigaster caeruleolineata
- Canthigaster callisterna
- Canthigaster capistrata
- Canthigaster compressa
- Canthigaster coronata
- Canthigaster criobe
- Canthigaster cyanetron
- Canthigaster cyanospilota
- Canthigaster epilampra
- Canthigaster figueiredoi
- Canthigaster flavoreticulata
- Canthigaster inframacula
- Canthigaster investigatoris
- Canthigaster jactator
- Canthigaster jamestyleri
- Canthigaster janthinoptera
- Canthigaster leoparda
- Canthigaster margaritata
- Canthigaster marquesensis
- Canthigaster natalensis
- Canthigaster ocellicincta
- Canthigaster papua
- Canthigaster petersii
- Canthigaster punctata
- Canthigaster punctatissima
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- Canthigaster rapaensis
- Canthigaster rivulata
- Canthigaster rostrata
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