Ambon Toby, Canthigaster amboinensis (Bleeker 1865)

Other Names: Ambon Puffer, Fingerprint Toby, Spider-eye Puffer

An Ambon Toby, Canthigaster amboinensis, at Reunion Island. Source: zsispeo / Flickr. License: CC By Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:

A medium-sized sharpnosed puffer with a relatively deep brownish body and tail covered in blue spots, blue lines radiating from the eyes and around the snout, and dark spots and dashes below the eye.

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Dianne J. Bray, Canthigaster amboinensis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 10 Sep 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/853

Ambon Toby, Canthigaster amboinensis (Bleeker 1865)

More Info

Distribution	Known in Australia from Cape York to about Sydney, New South Wales. Elsewhere, widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Galapagos Islands. Inhabits coral reefs, often in the surge zone.
Features	Meristic features: Dorsal fin 10-12; Anal fin 10-11.
Feeding	Feeds mostly on algaae, and also on a range of benthic invertebrates.
Species Citation	Psilonotus amboinensis Bleeker, 1865, Neder. Tijdschr. Dierk. 2: 180. Type locality: Ambon, Indonesia.
Author	Dianne J. Bray

Ambon Toby, Canthigaster amboinensis (Bleeker 1865)

References

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Allen, G.R. & Randall, J.E. 1977. Review of the sharpnose pufferfishes (subfamily Canthigasterinae) of the Indo-Pacific. Records of the Australian Museum 30(17): 475-517 figs 1-15

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Allen, G.R. & Steene, R.C. 1988. Fishes of Christmas Island Indian Ocean. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 197 pp.

Bleeker, P. 1865. Description de quelques espèces inédites de poissons de l'Archipel des Moluques. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde 2: 177-181

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp.

Kuiter R.W. & Tonozuka, T. 2001. Indonesian Reef Fishes. Part 3. Melbourne : Zoonetics pp. 623–893.

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs.