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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Crown Toby, Crowned Sharpnose Puffer, Three-barred Puffer, Three-barred Toby, Four-barred Toby GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Cooks (abs. Fr.Polynesia), Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to NSW COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, 10-80m; usually over open sand or rubble KEY FEATURES: To 10cmSL. White with four dark saddles (including one on the head) with yellow and blue markings on edges, and separated by three white bars. Blue lines around teh eyes and blue spots on face; and small yellow spots on lower sides and tail. SIMILAR SPECIES: Black-saddled Toby (Canthigaster valentini) has the 2 central saddles extending well below the Pectoral Fin base (vs. to lower base of fin).

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Canthigaster coronata (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)
SYNONYMS: Canthigaster cinctus

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Tetraodontiformes; Tetraodontoidei; Tetraodontoidea; TETRAODONTIDAE, Canthigastrinae

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: fieldspecimen+photo, 6/2004, M.Francis with ID as Canthigaster coronata.

References:
text p.267 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 143d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.476 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.650 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 137-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 105-01 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
zB04b, zD04b

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