Canthigaster solandri

Canthigaster solandri, commonly known as the spotted sharpnose puffer, is a ray-finned species of fish in the pufferfish family. It grows to a length of 11.5 centimeters (4.5 inches) in total length. It lives in the tropical Indo-Pacific: from East Africa to the Line Islands and the Tuamotus, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia and Tonga, to the Hawaiian Islands.[1] This species, like other members of the family Tetraodontidae, demonstrates the ability to rapidly fill itself up like a water balloon, to protect itself from predators. The skin of this species is known to be poisonous.[2][3]

Canthigaster solandri
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Canthigaster
Species:
C. solandri
Binomial name
Canthigaster solandri
(Richardson, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Canthigaster australis
  • Canthigaster glaucospilotus
  • Canthigaster saipanensis
  • Cathigaster solandri
  • Tetrodon solandri

References
  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Canthigaster solandri" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  2. Ricciuti, Edward R. Fish. Woodbridge, CT: Blackbirch, 1993.
  3. Allen, Missy, and Michel Peissel. Dangerous Water Creatures. New York: Chelsea House, 1992.


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