Canthigaster supramacula
Canthigaster supramacula, known as the West African sharpnose-puffer, is a species of marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae. It was first isolated from the coast of central Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean.[2] It is named in reference to the conspicuous ocellus-like spot on its side, anterior to its dorsal fin's base.
| Canthigaster supramacula | |
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| West African sharpnose puffer seen off the coast of Sao Tomé | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Canthigaster |
| Species: | C. supramacula |
| Binomial name | |
| Canthigaster supramacula R. L. Moura & R. M. C. Castro, 2002 | |
Description
Canthigaster supramacula can measure up to 3.9 centimetres (1.5 in), counting with no dorsal spines, possessing 10 dorsal soft rays and 9 anal soft rays. It shows a conspicuous dark spot resembling an ocellus on the dorsal portion of its trunk, the dorsal portion of which extends towards its dorsal fin. It lacks dark stripes along the sides of the body like some of its cogenerate species, bearing two to four lines that extend from the caudal peduncle through the dorsal fin's base .[2]
Distribution
The species is reef-associated. It is known from the Eastern Central Atlantic, first collected from off Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana.[2]
References
- Shao, K., Leis, J.L., Harwell, H., Jing, L., Liu, M. & Hardy, G. 2014. Canthigaster supramacula. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T193753A2271950. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193753A2271950.en. Accessed on 05 August 2023.
- MOURA, Rodrigo L., and Ricardo CASTRO. "Revision of Atlantic sharpnose pufferfishes (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae: Canthigaster), with description of three new species." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington115.1 (2002): 32-50.
Further reading
- Wirtz, Peter, et al. "Coastal fishes of São Tomé and Príncipe islands, Gulf of Guinea (Eastern Atlantic Ocean)–an update." Zootaxa 1523 (2007): 1-48.
- Randall, John E., Jeffrey T. Williams, and Luiz A. Rocha. "The Indo-Pacific tetraodontid fish Canthigaster coronata, a complex of three species." Smithiana Bulletin 9 (2008): 3-13.
- Quimbayo Agreda, Juan Pablo. "Estruturas das comunidades de peixes recifais em ilhas oceânicas do atlântico e pacífico oriental." (2013).
- Wirtz, Peter, et al. "The coastal fishes of the Cape Verde Islands–new records and an annotated check-list." Spixiana 36.1 (2013): 113–142.