Animalia > Chordata > Tetraodontiformes > Tetraodontidae > Canthigaster > Canthigaster compressa

Canthigaster compressa (Fingerprint toby; Fingerprint sharpnose puffer; Fine-spotted pufferfish; Compressed toby)

Synonyms: Tetraodon striolatus; Tetrodon compressus; Tetrodon insignitus
Language: Carolinian; Cebuano; Finnish; Ilokano; Japanese; Kagayanen; Mandarin Chinese; Tagalog; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

Canthigaster compressa, also known as the compressed toby or fingerprint toby, is a demersal Marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae. The fingerprint toby is a small sized fish which grows up to 12 cm. It is widely distributed throughout the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits the shallow sandy to silty lagoons, harbours or channels from 2 to 12 m.Canthigaster compressa has a diurnal activity.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0