Canthigaster axiologus Whitley, 1931 is a animal in the Tetraodontidae family, order Tetraodontiformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Canthigaster axiologus Whitley, 1931
Canthigaster axiologus, the Pacific crown toby, is a small marine pufferfish found in tropical Western Pacific waters.
Canthigaster axiologus Whitley, 1931 is a species of marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae. It is also commonly called the Pacific crown toby. This species lives throughout tropical Western Pacific waters; in the Hawaiian Islands and the Indian Ocean, other species that look very similar occupy this fish's ecological place instead. Canthigaster axiologus is a small fish, with a maximum recorded length of 10.1 cm.
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Arothron diadematus (Rüppell, 1829)
Sphoeroides lobatus (Steindachner, 1870)
Polyspina piosae (Whitley, 1955)
Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853)
Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns, 1842)
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