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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)