Species details : Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853)

Accepted scientific name:
Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Canthigaster valentini  (Bleeker, 1853)
Synonyms:
Cathigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Cathigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853)
Tetraodon gronovii Cuvier, 1829 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tetraodon gronovii Cuvier, 1829
Tetraodon valentini Bleeker, 1853 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tetraodon valentini Bleeker, 1853
Tetrodon taeniatus Peters, 1855 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tetrodon taeniatus Peters, 1855
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Model-tobie - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Lesh - Carolinian Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Buriring - Cebuano Philippines(Cebu) Click here to show the literature
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Butete - Cebuano Philippines(Cagayan de Oro) Click here to show the literature
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Boultang gomon - Creole, French Mauritius Click here to show the literature
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Sortbroget kuglefisk - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Banded toby - English Christmas I. Click here to show the literature
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Black saddled toby - English Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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Black-saddled toby - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Model toby - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Saddleback pufferfish - English Maldives Click here to show the literature
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Sharpnose puffer fish - English Maldives Click here to show the literature
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Valentinni's sharpnose puffer - English Guam Click here to show the literature
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Valentinni's sharpnose puffer - English Niue Click here to show the literature
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Satulapallokala - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Bourse - French Seychelles Click here to show the literature
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Bourse à selles - French Maldives Click here to show the literature
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Canthigaster à selle - French Mauritius Click here to show the literature
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Butiti - Ilokano Philippines(Aparri, Cagayan) Click here to show the literature
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Shima-kinchakufugu - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Butiti - Kagayanen Philippines(Palawan) Click here to show the literature
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Phowot - Kumak New Caledonia Click here to show the literature
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Buntel valentini - Malay (individual language) Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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Thaakihaa koli - Maldivian Maldives Click here to show the literature
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横带扁背鲀 Heng dai bian bei tun ,wa shi jian bo tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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橫帶扁背魨 Heng dai bian bei tun ,wa shih jian bo tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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瓦氏尖鼻魨 - Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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瓦氏尖鼻鲀 Wa shi jian bi tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Sue-mu - Samoan Samoa Click here to show the literature
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Kibora - Swahili (individual language) Kenya(Mombasa and Mtwapa area) Click here to show the literature
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Butete - Tagalog Philippines(Metro Manila; Calauag, Quezon; Tayabas Bay (Ref. 4) Click here to show the literature
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Huehue - Tahitian Tahiti Click here to show the literature
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Butete - Waray (Philippines) Philippines(Catbalogan, Samar) Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Tetraodontiformes FishBase
Family Tetraodontidae FishBase
Genus Canthigaster FishBase
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Durban, South Africa (Ref. 4919) and east to the Tuamoto Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island.
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Matsuura, K., 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=6544
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd8d3f3e-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401