Canthigaster compressa

Canthigaster compressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Tetraodontidae
Genus:	Canthigaster
Species:	C. compressa
Binomial name
	Canthigaster compressa; (Marion de Procé, 1822)

Canthigaster compressa, also known as the compressed toby or fingerprint toby, is a demersal Marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae.

The fingerprint toby is a small sized fish which grows up to 12 cm.^[1]

It is widely distributed throughout the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean.^[2]

It inhabits the shallow sandy to silty lagoons, harbours or channels from 2 to 12 m.^[3] Canthigaster compressa has a diurnal activity.

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-06-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Canthigaster compressa summary page". FishBase.
^ Lieske & Myers,Coral reef fishes,Princeton University Press, 2009, ISBN 9780691089959

External links[]

WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Canthigaster compressa (Marion de Procé, 1822)
Photos of Canthigaster compressa on Sealife Collection

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-06-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Canthigaster compressa summary page". FishBase.

[3] Lieske & Myers,Coral reef fishes,Princeton University Press, 2009, ISBN 9780691089959

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