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Bony fish

Compressed Toby

Canthigaster compressa

Also known as: Fine-spotted Puffer, Fine-spotted Pufferfish, Fine-spotted Puffer Toby, Fingerprint Sharpnose Puffer, Fingerprint Sharpnose Pufferfish, Fingerprint Toby, Pufferfish, Sharp-nosed Pufferfish, Toby

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2014
Adult
@fishx6 · Lembeth Resort, Indonesia · June 20061 / 13
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Overview

Found singly or in pairs, over shallow, silty waters, of bays, channels, harbours, lagoons, and reef flats.

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

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Pacific
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Found singly or in pairs, over shallow, silty waters, of bays, channels, harbours, lagoons, and reef flats.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderTetraodontiformes
    5. familyTetraodontidae
    6. genusCanthigaster
    7. speciesCanthigaster compressa (Marion de Procé, 1822)

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    More in the family

    Puffers (Tetraodontidae)