Canthigaster compressa
Canthigaster compressa, also known as the compressed toby or fingerprint toby, is a demersal Marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Canthigaster |
| Species: | C. compressa |
| Binomial name | |
| Canthigaster compressa (Marion de Procé, 1822) | |
The fingerprint toby is a small sized fish which grows up to 12 cm.[2]
It is widely distributed throughout the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean.[3]
It inhabits the shallow sandy to silty lagoons, harbours or channels from 2 to 12 m.[4] Canthigaster compressa has a diurnal activity.
References
- Shao, K., Liu, M., Jing, L., Hardy, G., Leis, J.L. & Matsuura, K. 2014. Canthigaster compressa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T193669A2257688. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193669A2257688.en. Accessed on 05 August 2023.
- "Compressed Toby - Canthigaster compressa - Details - Encyclopedia of Life". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
- "Canthigaster compressa summary page". FishBase.
- Lieske & Myers,Coral reef fishes,Princeton University Press, 2009, ISBN 9780691089959
External links
- WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Canthigaster compressa (Marion de Procé, 1822)
- Photos of Canthigaster compressa on Sealife Collection
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