Honeycomb Toby

Canthigaster janthinoptera

Also known as: Honeycomb Pufferfish, Honeycomb Sharpnose Puffer, Honeycomb Sharpnose Pufferfish, Pufferfish, Spotted Puffer, Spotted Toby, White-spotted Puffer, White-spotted Pufferfish, White-spotted Toby

ALSO KNOWN AS

Honeycomb Pufferfish
Honeycomb Sharpnose Puffer
Honeycomb Sharpnose Pufferfish
Pufferfish
Spotted Puffer
Spotted Toby
White-spotted Puffer
White-spotted Pufferfish
White-spotted Toby

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2014

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Honeycomb Toby adult, photographed at Mirihi Island Resort, Maldives — @fishx6 · Mirihi Island Resort, Maldives · May 20081 / 9

Overview

Found singly or in pairs, swimming close to holes for refuge, in dead and living corals or with sponges over sheltered clear lagoons and seaward reefs.

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.

How to identify

COLOURS

brown

Pattern: white spots
Head & Mouth: eye stripe
Behaviour: inflates pairs solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Range · Indo-Pacific
Country only · 9

LIVES IN

Found singly or in pairs, swimming close to holes for refuge, in dead and living corals or with sponges over sheltered clear lagoons and seaward reefs.

RANGE