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Papuan Toby

Canthigaster papua

Bislamabalongfis · nilfis— names this kind of animal, not this species alone

Papuan Toby — photo 1 of 4
Photo 1 of 4 · Dr. Dwayne Meadows, NOAA/NMFS/OPR · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
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Habitat
Reef
Max size
12 cm
Depth
6-50 m
Family
Tetraodontidae

Canthigaster papua, also known as the Papuan toby , is a demersal Marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae.

Adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Side by side, with what tells them apart.

Papuan Toby
This onePapuan Toby
Spotted Sharpnose
Look-alikeSpotted Sharpnose

Two small sharpnose puffers covered in pale blue spots, each with a dark eyespot at the base of the dorsal fin. Papuan Toby is reddish brown with blue-white spots, blue lines on the snout and back, blue spokes around the eye and orange around the mouth. Spotted Sharpnose has dark lines radiating from the eye, and a brown tail with pale spots that line up into wavy lines towards the edge.

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