Canthigaster

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Canthigaster
Clown toado, Canthigaster callisterna Photo by Ian Skipworth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Tetraodontidae Genus: Canthigaster Swainson, 1839
Species
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Canthigaster is a genus in the pufferfish family (Tetraodontidae).

[edit] Species

• Spider-eye puffer, Canthigaster amboinensis (Bleeker, 1865)
• Bennett's sharpnose puffer, Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, 1854)
• Bennett's sharpnose puffer, Canthigaster bennetti Kendall & Goldsborough, 1911
• Clown toado, Canthigaster callisterna (Ogilby, 1889)
• Macaronesian sharpnose-puffer, Canthigaster capistrata (Lowe, 1839)
• Compressed toby, Canthigaster compressa (Marion de Procé, 1822)
• Crowned puffer, Canthigaster coronata (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)
• Canthigaster cyanetron Randall & Cea Egaña, 1989
• Lantern toby, Canthigaster epilampra (Jenkins, 1903)
• Southern Atlantic sharpnose-puffer, Canthigaster figueiredoi Moura & Castro, 2002
• Canthigaster flavoreticulata Matsuura, 1986
• Canthigaster inframacula Allen & Randall, 1977
• Canthigaster investigatoris (Annandale & Jenkins, 1910)
• Hawaiian whitespotted toby, Canthigaster jactator (Jenkins, 1901)
• Goldface toby, Canthigaster jamestyleri Moura & Castro, 2002
• Honeycomb toby, Canthigaster janthinoptera (Bleeker, 1855)
• Leopard sharpnose puffer, Canthigaster leoparda Lubbock & Allen, 1979
• Canthigaster margaritata (Rüppell, 1829)
• Canthigaster marquesensis Allen & Randall, 1977
• Natal toby, Canthigaster natalensis (Günther, 1870)
• Shy toby, Canthigaster ocellicincta Allen & Randall, 1977
• Papuan toby, Canthigaster papua (Bleeker, 1848)
• Canthigaster punctata Matsuura, 1992
• Spotted sharpnosed puffer, Canthigaster punctatissima (Günther, 1870)

• Pygmy toby, Canthigaster pygmaea Allen & Randall, 1977
• Canthigaster rapaensis Allen & Randall, 1977
• Brown-lined puffer, Canthigaster rivulata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
• Caribbean sharpnose-puffer, Canthigaster rostrata (Bloch, 1786)
• St. Helena sharpnose pufferfish, Canthigaster sanctaehelenae (Günther, 1870)
• Bicolored toby, Canthigaster smithae Allen & Randall, 1977
• Spotted sharpnose, Canthigaster solandri (Richardson, 1845)
• West African sharpnose-puffer, Canthigaster supramacula Moura & Castro, 2002
• Tyler's toby, Canthigaster tyleri Allen & Randall, 1977
• Valentinni's sharpnose puffer, Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853)

[edit] References

• "Canthigaster". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.