Canthigaster aziz
Canthigaster aziz,[1] known as Aziz's toby or Red Sea deep-water toby,[2] is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It was described in 2020 by Keiichi Matsuura, Sergey V. Bogorodsky, Ahmad O. Mal, and Tilman J. Alpermann based on a single specimen collected from the northern Red Sea off of Saudi Arabia. It was trawled from a depth of 315 m (1033 ft), which is reportedly the second highest depth at which any fish of the genus Canthigaster has been collected. The only known specimen measures 2 cm (0.8 inches) SL. The species was named after the King Abdulaziz University. It is thought to have been collected over a hard substrate as the trawling gear used to collect it was severely damaged during operation.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Canthigaster |
| Species: | C. aziz |
| Binomial name | |
| Canthigaster aziz | |
Evolutionarily, C. aziz belongs to a unique and newly discovered lineage of Canthigaster, being phylogenetically distinct from all of its congeners.[4]
References
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Canthigaster aziz Matsuura, Bogorodsky, Mal & Alpermann, 2020". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
- "Aziz's Toby (Canthigaster aziz)". iNaturalist NZ. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Canthigaster aziz". FishBase. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19.
- Matssura, Keiichi; Bogorodsky, Sergey V.; Ahmad O., Mal; Apermann, Tilman J. (2020). "Canthigaster aziz, a new deep-dwelling toby fish (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from the Red Sea". Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 4834. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4834.1.5. S2CID 222835789.