Sealife guideThe valentin's sharpnose pufferCanthigaster valentini

Last updated on 01/27/2025 at 09:52 PM

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 !

The valentin's sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster valentini) © Orlandin | Dreamstime.com

Within the same genus

Pearl toby
(Canthigaster margaritata)

Within the same family

Bandtail puffer
(Sphoeroides spengleri)

Blackspotted puffer
(Arothron nigropunctatus)

Guineafowl puffer
(Arothron meleagris)

Immaculate pufferfish
(Arothron immaculatus)

Masked puffer
(Arothron diadematus)

Narrow lined pufferfish
(Arothron manilensis)

Starry pufferfish
(Arothron stellatus)

White-spotted puffer
(Arothron hispidus)

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(Siganus puellus)

Princess damselfish
(Pomacentrus vaiuli)

Shortfin lionfish
(Dendrochirus brachypterus)

Yellowtail snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)

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