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: from East Africa to the Line Islands and the Tuamotus, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia and Tonga, to the Hawaiian Islands.[2] This species, like other members of the family Tetraodontidae, demonstrates the ability to rapidly fill itself up like a water balloon, to protect itself from predators. The skin of this species is known to be poisonous.[3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Canthigaster |
| Species: | C. solandri
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| Canthigaster solandri (Richardson, 1845)
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References
edit- ^ Shao, K.; Liu, M.; Jing, L.; Hardy, G.; Leis, J.L.; Matsuura, K. (2014). "Canthigaster solandri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T193775A2275102. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193775A2275102.en. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Canthigaster solandri". FishBase.
- ^ Ricciuti, Edward R. Fish. Woodbridge, CT: Blackbirch, 1993.
- ^ Allen, Missy, and Michel Peissel. Dangerous Water Creatures. New York: Chelsea House, 1992.
External links
edit- Photos of Canthigaster solandri on Sealife Collection
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