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Valentinni's sharpnose puffer or Black saddled toby

Canthigaster valentini

Description:

"Robust, slightly compressed body; head large, blunt; snout long and pointed. Whitish; small brown spots on sides of body and head; short blue lines extend to rear from eye; dark brown saddle immediately behind eye, 2 long brown bars on body, dark brown saddle on tail base; tail fin yellow, upper and lower edges black." Source: http://eol.org/pages/225023/overview

Notes:

About 125mm resting at a depth of about 6m. Night dive at Halo Anilao house reef, Batangas, Philippines

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Eric Noora
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Eric Noora

Batangas, Philippines

Spotted on Mar 9, 2013
Submitted on Jan 2, 2014

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