Lantern toby

The Lantern toby lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 6 - 60 m environment.

Image: A Lantern Toby at Bougainville Reef - Add comment Add tags A Lantern Toby at Bougainville Reef Description A Lantern Toby at a depth of 25 m, Bougainville Reef, Coral Sea, More

The Lantern Toby can be recognised by its colouration. It is whitish with numerous small blue spots. The snout is yellow with blue lines and spots, and blue lines radiate from the eye. There is a black spot at the base of the dorsal fin. More

A Lantern Toby at a depth of 25m, Bougainville Reef, Coral Sea, December 2000. View larger image. The Lantern Toby can be recognised by its colouration. It is whitish with numerous small blue spots. More

The Lantern Toby, Canthigaster epilampra, is whitish with complex patterns of blue spots and lines. More

Common names

Bluespotted goby in English
Lantern toby in English
Lesh in Austronesian (Other)
Lesh in Carolinian
Lyhtypallokala in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Pu'u olai in Hawaiian
亮丽扁背鲀 in Mandarin Chinese
亮麗扁背魨 in Mandarin Chinese

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