Canthigaster papua (Bleeker, 1848) is a animal in the Tetraodontidae family, order Tetraodontiformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Canthigaster papua (Bleeker, 1848)
Canthigaster papua, the Papuan Toby, is distinguished from similar Canthigaster compressa by orange coloration around its mouth.
Canthigaster papua, commonly called the Papuan Toby, can be distinguished from the closely similar Fingerprint Toby (Canthigaster compressa) by the orange coloration that surrounds its mouth. This species was first described by Bleeker in 1848.
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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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