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Tetraodontidae Tetraodontidae is a family of marine and freshwater fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, blowers, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, ...

). A fish from this genus is sometimes referred to as a "toby" (a generally accepted name that originated in Australia) or a "sharpnose puffer".

Species

There are currently 37 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Canthigaster amboinensis ''Canthigaster amboinensis'', commonly known as the Ambon pufferfish, the Ambon toby, or the spider-eye puffer, is a species of pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae. The species is commonly seen in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean, including Au ...

'' ( Bleeker, 1865) (Spider-eye puffer) * ''

Canthigaster axiologus ''Canthigaster axiologus'' is a species of marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae. ''Canthigaster axiologus'', also known as the Pacific crown toby, is present throughout the tropical waters of the Western Pacific area, while other similar-loo ...

'' Whitley, 1931 (Pacific crown toby) *''

Canthigaster aziz ''Canthigaster aziz'', known as Aziz's toby is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It was described in 2020 by Keiichi Matsuura, Sergey V. Bogorodsky, Ahmad O. Mal, and Tilman J. Alpermann based on a single specimen collected fr ...

'' Matsuura, Bogorodsky, Mal & Alpermann 2020 (Aziz's toby)Matsuura, Keiichi et al. “Canthigaster aziz, a new deep-dwelling toby fish (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from the Red Sea.” ''Zootaxa'' vol. 4834,1 zootaxa.4834.1.5. 18 Aug. 2020, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4834.1.5 * ''

Canthigaster bennetti ''Canthigaster bennetti'' is a pufferfish from the Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters o ...

'' ( Bleeker, 1854) (Bennett's sharpnose puffer) * ''

Canthigaster callisterna The clown toado (''Canthigaster callisterna'') a pufferfish of the genus ''Canthigaster'', is found in the southwest Pacific Ocean including Australia, the northeast coast of New Zealand, and New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group ...

'' ( J. D. Ogilby, 1889) (Clown toado) * ''

Canthigaster capistrata ''Canthigaster capistrata'', known as the Macaronesian sharpnose-puffer, is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae Tetraodontidae is a family of marine and freshwater fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes ma ...

'' ( R. T. Lowe, 1839) (Macaronesian sharpnose-puffer) * ''

Canthigaster compressa ''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. It is widely distr ...

'' ( Marion de Procé, 1822) (Compressed toby) * ''

Canthigaster coronata ''Canthigaster coronata'', commonly called the crowned toby, is a species of pufferfish endemic to the Hawaiian Islands The Hawaiian Islands () are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets ...

'' ( Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) (Crowned puffer) * ''

Canthigaster criobe ''Canthigaster criobe'', known as the striped toby, is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is known only from French Polynesia, where it occurs at a depth range of . The species is currently known to reach up to SL, though i ...

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, 2012 (Striped toby)Williams, J.T., Delrieu-Trottin, E. & Planes, S. (2012): A new species of Indo-Pacific fish, Canthigaster criobe, with comments on other Canthigaster (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) at the Gambier Archipelago. ''Zootaxa, 3523: 80–88.'' * ''

Canthigaster cyanetron ''Canthigaster cyanetron'' (commonly referred to as thblue-belly toby is a species of pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae. The species is endemic to Easter Island, and is an Endangered species An endangered species is a species that i ...

'' J. E. Randall & Cea Egaña, 1989 * '' Canthigaster cyanospilota'' J. E. Randall, J. T. Williams & L. A. Rocha, 2008 * '' Canthigaster epilampra'' ( O. P. Jenkins, 1903) (Lantern toby) * '' Canthigaster figueiredoi'' R. L. Moura & R. M. C. Castro, 2002 (Southern Atlantic sharpnose-puffer) * '' Canthigaster flavoreticulata'' Matsuura, 1986 * '' Canthigaster inframacula'' G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1977 * '' Canthigaster investigatoris'' ( Annandale & J. T. Jenkins, 1910) * '' Canthigaster jactator'' ( O. P. Jenkins, 1901) (Hawaiian whitespotted toby) * '' Canthigaster jamestyleri'' R. L. Moura & R. M. C. Castro, 2002 (Goldface toby) * '' Canthigaster janthinoptera'' ( Bleeker, 1855) (Honeycomb toby) * '' Canthigaster leoparda''

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& G. R. Allen, 1979 (Leopard sharpnose puffer) * '' Canthigaster margaritata'' ( Rüppell, 1829) (Pearl toby) * '' Canthigaster marquesensis'' G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1977 * '' Canthigaster natalensis'' ( Günther, 1870) (Natal toby) * '' Canthigaster ocellicincta'' G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1977 (Shy toby) * '' Canthigaster papua'' ( Bleeker, 1848) (Papuan toby) * '' Canthigaster punctata'' Matsuura, 1992 * '' Canthigaster punctatissima'' ( Günther, 1870) (Spotted sharpnosed puffer) * '' Canthigaster pygmaea'' G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1977 (Pygmy toby) * '' Canthigaster rapaensis'' G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1977 * '' Canthigaster rivulata'' (

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& Schlegel, 1850) (Brown-lined puffer) * ''

Canthigaster rostrata ''Canthigaster rostrata'', commonly known as the Caribbean sharp-nose puffer, is a pufferfish from the Western Central Atlantic. The Caribbean sharp-nose puffer is a small fish with a maximum length of 12 cm or approximately 4.7 inches. It c ...

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, 1786) (Caribbean sharpnose-puffer) * '' Canthigaster sanctaehelenae'' ( Günther, 1870) (St. Helena sharpnose pufferfish) * '' Canthigaster smithae'' G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1977 (Bicolored toby) * ''

Canthigaster solandri ''Canthigaster solandri'', commonly known as the spotted sharpnose puffer, is a ray-finned species of fish in the pufferfish family. It grows to a length of 11.5 centimeters (4.5 inches) in total length. It lives in the tropical Indo-Pacific: fr ...

'' ( Richardson, 1845) (Spotted sharpnose) * '' Canthigaster supramacula'' R. L. Moura & R. M. C. Castro, 2002 (West African sharpnose-puffer) * '' Canthigaster tyleri'' G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1977 (Tyler's toby) * ''

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'' ( Bleeker, 1853) (Valentinni's sharpnose puffer)

References

Tetraodontidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by William Swainson {{Tetraodontiformes-stub