Canthigaster solandri

Canthigaster solandri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Canthigaster
Species: C. solandri
Binomial name
Canthigaster solandri
(Richardson, 1845)

Canthigaster solandri is a ray-finned species of fish and member of the pufferfish family. It grows to a length of 11.5 centimers (4.5 in). It lives in the tropical Indo-Pacific: from East Africa to the Line Islands and Tuamotu, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia and Tonga, to the Hawaiian Islands. [1] They have the ability to rapidly fill themselves up like a water balloon, to protect themselves from predators. Their skin also contains a poison.[2][3]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Canthigaster solandri" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  2. Ricciuti, Edward R. Fish. Woodbridge, CT: Blackbirch, 1993.
  3. Allen, Missy, and Michel Peissel. Dangerous Water Creatures. New York: Chelsea House, 1992.
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