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Bennett's Sharpnose Puffer

Canthigaster bennetti

Also known as: Bennett's Puffer, Bennett's Pufferfish, Bennett's Sharpnose Pufferfish, Bennett's Toby, Brownback Toby, Exquisite Toby, Pinkspot Puffer, Pinkspot Pufferfish, Pink-spotted Sharpnose Pufferfish, Pufferfish, Roseband Puffer, Roseband Pufferfish, Roseband Sharpnose Puffer, Roseband Toby, Whitebelly Toby

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2014
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@fishx6 · Lembeh, Indonesia · August 20081 / 12
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Overview

Found singly or in small schools over rubble areas of silty shallow inner reef flats and sheltered lagoons rich in algae growth.

The bodies of Pufferfish are covered in a toxic mucus, if the skin or flesh is consumed it can be fatal to humans.
When threatened they will puff up like a football to deter predators.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
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Behaviour
inflatesschoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Exact location · 1
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Found singly or in small schools over rubble areas of silty shallow inner reef flats and sheltered lagoons rich in algae growth.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderTetraodontiformes
    5. familyTetraodontidae
    6. genusCanthigaster
    7. speciesCanthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, 1854)

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