Species details : Canthigaster amboinensis (Bleeker, 1864)

Accepted scientific name:
Canthigaster amboinensis (Bleeker, 1864) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Canthigaster amboinensis  (Bleeker, 1864)
Synonyms:
Canthigaster margaritatus (non Rüppell, 1829) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Canthigaster margaritatus (non Rüppell, 1829)
Canthigaster polyophthalmus Pietschmann, 1938 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Canthigaster polyophthalmus Pietschmann, 1938
Canthigaster solandri (non Richardson, 1845) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Canthigaster solandri (non Richardson, 1845)
Psilonotus amboinensis Bleeker, 1864 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Psilonotus amboinensis Bleeker, 1864
Tetrodon amboinensis natalensis (non Günther, 1870) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Tetrodon amboinensis natalensis (non Günther, 1870)
Tetrodon natalensis (non Günther, 1870) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Tetrodon natalensis (non Günther, 1870)
Tropidichthys oahuensis Jenkins, 1903 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tropidichthys oahuensis Jenkins, 1903
Tropidichthys psegma Jordan & Evermann, 1903 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tropidichthys psegma Jordan & Evermann, 1903
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Gespikkelde tobie - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Ambon toby - English Christmas I. Click here to show the literature
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Ambon toby - English Hawaii Click here to show the literature
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Ambon toby - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Ambon toby - English Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature
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Sharpnose pufferfish - English Galapagos Is. Click here to show the literature
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Spider-eye puffer - English Hawaii Click here to show the literature
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Spotted toby - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Viirukuonopallokala - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Thundigu-koli - Maldivian India(Laccadives Island) Click here to show the literature
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安邦尖鼻魨 - Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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安邦尖鼻鲀 An bang jian bi tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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点斑扁背鲀 Dian ban bian bei tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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點斑扁背魨 Dian ban bian bei tun ,an bang jian bi tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Sue-lape - Samoan Samoa Click here to show the literature
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Huehue - Tahitian Tahiti 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: East Africa to the Galapagos Islands, north to southern Japan and Hawaii, south to the Great Barrier Reef and the Society Islands.
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=7840
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd8a75fb-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401