Sealife guideThe valentin's sharpnose pufferCanthigaster valentini
Taxonomy
- Common name: Valentin's sharpnose puffer, saddled puffer, black saddled toby
- French name: Canthigaster à selles noires
- Scientific name: Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853)
- Family name: Tetraodontidae
- Order name: Tetraodontiformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Did you know ?
The valentin's sharpnose puffer is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The valentin's sharpnose puffer appears in the IUCN Red List since 2014 within the category Least Concern !
Within the same genus

Pearl toby
(Canthigaster margaritata)
(Canthigaster margaritata)
Within the same family

Bandtail puffer
(Sphoeroides spengleri)
(Sphoeroides spengleri)

White-spotted puffer
(Arothron hispidus)
(Arothron hispidus)

Blackspotted puffer
(Arothron nigropunctatus)
(Arothron nigropunctatus)

Starry pufferfish
(Arothron stellatus)
(Arothron stellatus)

Immaculate pufferfish
(Arothron immaculatus)
(Arothron immaculatus)

Masked puffer
(Arothron diadematus)
(Arothron diadematus)

Narrow lined pufferfish
(Arothron manilensis)
(Arothron manilensis)

Checkered puffer
(Sphoeroides testudineus)
(Sphoeroides testudineus)
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(Rhinogobiops nicholsii)
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(Gymnothorax fimbriatus)
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Powder blue tang
(Acanthurus leucosternon)
(Acanthurus leucosternon)
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