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)
Pearl toby
(Canthigaster margaritata)
Within the same family
Bandtail puffer (Sphoeroides spengleri)
Bandtail puffer
(Sphoeroides spengleri)
White-spotted puffer (Arothron hispidus)
White-spotted puffer
(Arothron hispidus)
Blackspotted puffer (Arothron nigropunctatus)
Blackspotted puffer
(Arothron nigropunctatus)
Starry pufferfish (Arothron stellatus)
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Immaculate pufferfish (Arothron immaculatus)
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Checkered puffer (Sphoeroides testudineus)
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(Sphoeroides testudineus)
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