Sealife guideThe valentin's sharpnose pufferCanthigaster valentini
Last updated on 01/27/2025 at 09:52 PM
Taxonomy
English names
Valentin's sharpnose pufferSaddled pufferBlack saddled toby
French namesCanthigaster à selles noires
Spanish namesPez lima de Valentini
Scientific nameCanthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853)
FamilyTetraodontidae
OrderTetraodontiformes
ClassActinopterygii
Did you know ?
The valentin's sharpnose puffer is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The valentin's sharpnose puffer appears in the IUCN Red List since 2014 within the category Least Concern !
The valentin's sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster valentini) © Orlandin | Dreamstime.com
The valentin's sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster valentini) © Orlandin | Dreamstime.com
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Checkered pufferSphoeroides testudineus
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Masked pufferArothron diadematus
Narrow lined pufferfishArothron manilensis
Starry pufferfishArothron stellatus
White-spotted pufferArothron hispidus
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