Canthigaster rostrata
| Canthigaster rostrata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Canthigaster |
| Species: | C. rostrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Canthigaster rostrata (Bloch, 1786) | |
Canthigaster rostrata, commonly known as the Caribbean sharp-nose puffer, is a pufferfish from the Western Central Atlantic. It can be encountered from the coast of South Carolina to Venezuela, including the Bermuda, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.[1]
It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 12cm in length.[2]
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External links
- http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127411
- http://eol.org/pages/205818/details
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Canthigaster rostrata" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
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