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Canthigaster compressa

Upper side brown, underside pale. Side with very fine spots and lines (“fingerprint”)

Size : 10 cm

Habitat : In lagoons and coastal reefs, bays and harbours, often above rubble and soft ground, 2-20 m.

Distribution : Bali to SW Japan, Guam and Mariana in Micronesia, Solomons and Vanuatu.

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Actinopterygii

ORDER

:

Tetraodontiformes

FAMILY

:

Tetraodontidae

GENUS

:

Canthigaster

SPECIES

:

Canthigaster compressa

Other Information

Population Status

Least Concern (LC)

PHOTO COLLECTION

Reference

  1. inaturalist.org
  2. Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific. Book by Matthias Bergbauer and Manuela Kirschner