''Canthigaster capistrata'', known as the Macaronesian sharpnose-puffer, is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of pufferfish in the family

Tetraodontidae Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfis ...

. It is native to the Eastern Atlantic, where it is known to occur near oceanic islands. The species reaches at least 13 cm (5.1 inches) in total length.

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Tetraodontidae capistrata Fish described in 1839 {{Tetraodontiformes-stub