C. petersii has been replaced by C. solandri as the new accepted name this is in the wrong place, where as C. margaritata is in the right place according to fishbase!
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From a friend: Catalog of Fishes says C. margaritata ranges widely across the Indo-Pacific, but in Allen & Randall's (1977) revision of the genus, it is considered to a Red Sea endemic (also in more recent literature, like Randall's 2005 Fishes of Oman). Allen & Randall's concept of C. solandri has since been divided into three species: C. solandri (west and central Pacific), C. papua (Andaman Sea to New Caledonia) and C. petersii (east Africa to Andaman Sea and northern Sumatra). So ours is C. petersii
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Posted by @fishx6C. petersii has been replaced by C. solandri as the new accepted name this is in the wrong place, where as C. margaritata is in the right place according to fishbase! We feel fishbase has the up to date information.
Posted by @DayyanaFrom a friend: Catalog of Fishes says C. margaritata ranges widely across the Indo-Pacific, but in Allen & Randall's (1977) revision of the genus, it is considered to a Red Sea endemic (also in more recent literature, like Randall's 2005 Fishes of Oman). Allen & Randall's concept of C. solandri has since been divided into three species: C. solandri (west and central Pacific), C. papua (Andaman Sea to New Caledonia) and C. petersii (east Africa to Andaman Sea and northern Sumatra). So ours is C. petersii
Posted by DayyanaThanks, Alyona. Please educate me. How dis you choose between the two?
Posted by AlyonaOr rather Spotted sharpnose - Canthigaster solandri.
Posted by AlyonaSharpnose puffer - Canthigaster margaritata.