Valentinni's sharpnose puffer

It has four distinct black stripes on its back.

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The Valentinni's sharpnose puffer lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 1 - 55 m environment.

Valentinni's sharpnose puffer, Canthigaster valentini, is a pufferfish of the genus Canthigaster, and can be found in reefs throughout the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean. It reaches a maximum length of 11 cm. It is also referred to as a black saddled toby. More

Valentinni's sharpnose puffer, Canthigaster valentini, is a pufferfish of the genus Canthigaster, and can be found in reefs throughout the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean.... More

Valentinni's sharpnose puffer is highly poisonous to eat. C. valentini are occasionally found in schools together with Paraluteres prionurus, a non-toxic filefish which has evolved to mimic the very toxic C. valentini for protection against predators. http://en.wikipedia. More

Valentinni's sharpnose puffer is highly poisonous to eat. 6. Elegant Firefish (Nemateleotris decora) Image Source The ever lovely and beautiful Elegant Firefish or Purple Firefish is a dartfish of the Indo-West Pacific. More

The Valentinni's sharpnose puffer is a small white skinned puffer or toby with brown-orange stripes and spots and a yellow tail, like many other puffer fishes it is poisonus. More

Valentinni's sharpnose puffer at Kerama Islands, Okinawa = Valentinni's sharpnose puffer at Kerama Islands, Okinawa by takau99. Kerama Islands in Okinawa, Japan. More

Common names

Banded toby in English
Black saddled toby in English
Black-saddled toby in English
Boultang gomon in Creole, French
Boultang gomon in Creoles and Pidgins, French
Bourse in French (français)
Bourse à selles in French (français)
Buntel valentini in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Buriring in Cebuano
Butete in Cebuano
Butete in Tagalog
Butete in Waray-waray
Butiti in Cebuano
Butiti in Ilokano
Butiti in Kagayanen
Butiti in Tagbanwa Calamian
Canthigaster à selle in French (français)
Canthigaster valentini in French (français)
Canthigaster valentini in Swedish (Svenska)
Huehue in Rapanui
Huehue in Tahitian (Reo Mā`ohi)
kalavo in Fijian (vosa Vakaviti)
Kibora in Swahili (Kiswahili)
Lesh in Austronesian (Other)
Lesh in Carolinian
Model toby in English
Model-tobie in Afrikaans
Ostronos walentynek in Polish (polski)
Phowot in Kumak
Saddleback pufferfish in English
Saddled pufferfish in English
saddled toby in English
Sattel-Spitzkopfkugelfisch in German (Deutsch)
Satulapallokala in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Sharpnose puffer fish in English
sharpnose-puffer in English
Shima-kinchakufugu in Japanese (日本語)
Sortbroget kuglefisk in Danish (dansk)
Sue-mu in Samoan (gagana fa'a Samoa)
Tamboril in sp
Thaakihaa koli in Maldivian
Valentinni's sharpnose puffer in English
横带扁背鲀 in Mandarin Chinese
橫帶扁背魨 in Mandarin Chinese
瓦氏尖鼻魨 in Mandarin Chinese
瓦氏尖鼻鲀 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Tetraodontiformes
Family : Tetraodontidae
Genus : Canthigaster
Species : Canthigaster valentini
Authority : Bleeker, 1853