False Eye Toby Puffer

False Eye Toby Puffer

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Animal Species:False-eye Puffer, Canthigaster papua (Bleeker, 1848) The False-eye Puffer get's it's name from the black spot at the base of the dorsal fin which looks like an eye.

SKU: False Eye Toby Puffer

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Animal Species:False-eye Puffer, Canthigaster papua (Bleeker, 1848)

The False-eye Puffer get's it's name from the black spot at the base of the dorsal fin which looks like an eye.

Alternative Name/s

Sharpnosed Puffer, Solander's Toby, or Blue-spotted Toby.

Identification

The False-eye Puffer can be recognised by its colouration. It is brown to orange with numerous small blue-green spots on the body and caudal fin. Black-edged blue-green lines radiate from the eye and a black spot is present below the dorsal fin.

Size range

The species grows to 9 cm in length.

Distribution

It occurs in tropical marine waters of the Western Pacific.

In Australia it is known from the offshore reefs of north-western Western Australia and from the northern Great Barrier Reef.

Classification

Species: papua
Genus: Canthigaster
Family: Tetraodontidae
Class: Actinopterygii
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Phylum: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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False Eye Toby Puffer

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