Canthigaster compressa

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Canthigaster compressa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Canthigaster
Species:
C. compressa
Binomial name
Canthigaster compressa
(Marion de Procé, 1822)

Canthigaster compressa, also known as the compressed toby or fingerprint toby, is a demersal Marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae.

The fingerprint toby is a small sized fish which grows up to 12 cm. [2]

It is widely distributed throughout the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean. [3]

It inhabits the shallow sandy to silty lagoons, harbours or channels from 2 to 12 m. [4] Canthigaster compressa has a diurnal activity.

References

  1. Shao, K.; Liu, M.; Jing, L.; Hardy, G.; Leis, J.L.; Matsuura, K. (2014). "Canthigaster compressa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T193669A2257688. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193669A2257688.en . Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  2. "Compressed Toby - Canthigaster compressa - Details - Encyclopedia of Life". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
  3. "Canthigaster compressa summary page". FishBase.
  4. Lieske & Myers,Coral reef fishes,Princeton University Press, 2009, ISBN   9780691089959