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Caribbean Sharpnose Puffer - Photo (c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Pauline Walsh Jacobson CC
Caribbean Sharpnose Puffer (Canthigaster rostrata) Info
Canthigaster rostrata, commonly known as the Caribbean sharp-nose puffer, is a pufferfish from the Western Central Atlantic. It can be encountered from the coast of South Carolina to Venezuela, including the Bermuda, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. (Wikipedia)
Blacksaddle Toby - Photo (c) terence zahner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by terence zahner CC
Blacksaddle Toby (Canthigaster valentini) Info
Valentin's sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster valentini), also known as the saddled puffer or black saddled toby, is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae. (Wikipedia)
Whitebelly Toby - Photo (c) Ian Shaw, all rights reserved, uploaded by Ian Shaw C
Whitebelly Toby (Canthigaster bennetti) Info
Canthigaster bennetti is a pufferfish from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 10 cm in length. (Wikipedia)
Spotted Toby - Photo (c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Rosenstein CC
Spotted Toby (Canthigaster solandri) Info
Canthigaster solandri is a ray-finned species of fish and member of the pufferfish family. It grows to a length of 11.5 centimers (4.5 in). It lives in the tropical Indo-Pacific: from East Africa to the Line Islands and Tuamotu, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia and Tonga, to the Hawaiian Islands. They have the ability to rapidly fill themselves up like a water balloon, to protect themselves from predators. Their skin also contains (Wikipedia)
Spotted Sharpnose Puffer - Photo (c) Fernando Olea, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Fernando Olea CC
Spotted Sharpnose Puffer (Canthigaster punctatissima) Info
Canthigaster punctatissima, known as the spotted sharpnose puffer or the spotted sharpnosed puffer, is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is native to the Eastern Pacific, where it ranges from Guaymas, Mexico to Panama and the Galápagos Islands. It is replaced by its close relatives C. janthinoptera and C. jactator in the Western Pacific and the Hawaiian Islands, respectively. It is found in sheltered areas of rocky reefs at a depth (Wikipedia)
Southern Atlantic Toby - Photo (c) Athila Bertoncini Andrade, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Athila Bertoncini Andrade CC
Southern Atlantic Toby (Canthigaster figueiredoi) Info
Canthigaster figueiredoi, known as the Southern Atlantic sharpnose-puffer, is a species of marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae. It was first isolated from the east coast of South America, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is named after José Lima de Figueiredo, a Brazilian fish taxonomist. (Wikipedia)
West African Sharpnose Puffer - Photo (c) Sylvain Le Bris, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sylvain Le Bris CC
West African Sharpnose Puffer (Canthigaster supramacula) Info
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. It is named in reference to the conspicuous ocellus-like spot on its side, anterior to its dorsal fin's base. (Wikipedia)