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Canthigaster solandri

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Species of fish

Canthigaster solandri
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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. 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.

References

  1. Shao, K.; Liu, M.; Jing, L.; Hardy, G.; Leis, J.L.; Matsuura, K. (2014). "Canthigaster solandri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T193775A2275102. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193775A2275102.en. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Canthigaster solandri". FishBase.
  3. Ricciuti, Edward R. Fish. Woodbridge, CT: Blackbirch, 1993.
  4. Allen, Missy, and Michel Peissel. Dangerous Water Creatures. New York: Chelsea House, 1992.

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Taxon identifiers
Canthigaster solandri


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