Blackspot Toby, Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker 1854)
Other Names: Bennett's Puffer, Bennett's Pufferfish, Bennett's Sharpnose Puffer, Bennett's Toby, Black-spot Toby, Brownback Toby, Exquisite Toby
A Blackspot Toby, Canthigaster bennetti, at North Stradbroke Island, Queensland. Source: Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey. License: CC By Attribution
Summary:
A small sharpnose puffer with a greenish-brownish upper body and whitish lower half, with bluish greenish lines radiating from the eyes, blue lines on the chin and a large dark pale-edged spot at the dorsal-fin base.
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Bray, D.J. 2018, Canthigaster bennetti in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/854
Blackspot Toby, Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker 1854)
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Distribution |
Offshore reefs of north Western Australia, Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, and the far northern Great Barrier Reef and reefs in the Coral Sea, Queensland, to Sydney, New South Wales, with juveniles as far south as Merimbula; also Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean, and the Lord Howe Island region in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific. Usually inhabits sandy-rubble areas on sheltered reefs, although huge schools have been seen around fringing reefs in Indonesia. |
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Species Citation |
Tropidichthys bennetti Bleeker 1854, Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 6: 504. Type locality: Ambon (as Amboina), Indonesia. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2018 |
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Blackspot Toby, Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker 1854)
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