Papuan Toby

Canthigaster papua

Description:

Also known as Sharp-nosed Puffers, Papuan Toby Puffer, False-eye Puffer, False-eyed Pufferfish, Spotted Sharpnose Puffer and Orange Nose Pufferfish. They feed on invertebrates and algae, and grow to a length of about 9cm.

Habitat:

Found singly or in pairs on coral and rocky reefs, at depths of 2 to 35m. Widespread in the Asia-Pacific region.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Papua Toby

Canthigaster papu Papua Toby

8 Comments

Blogie 12 years ago

Ok, thanks whatsthatfish & Elsa! :)

Elsa 12 years ago

Hi Blogie, I agree with whatsthatfish - pretty confident it is a Papuan Toby.

Eric Noora 12 years ago

Hi Blogie/Gerardo: Have a similar spotting but not really sure if it is a Papua Toby as well. Took me long to decide to put the ID. Care to check if it is right? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/896...

Thanks :-)

Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Here is another page whit the info
http://www.whatsthatfish.com/fish/papuan...

Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Yes it looks like a filefish

Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

First i think it was a Spotted sharpnose pufferfish the difference is the stripes and dots on the Toby are neon green and the eyes is green-yellowish actually some people called false eye puffer, on the Spotted Sharpnose stripes are blue and the eyes are black, very similar both.

Blogie 12 years ago

Thanks Gerardo! But, are you certain this is the Papuan Toby? I've seen that toby and its body is usually fat, like other boxfish. This spotting has a thin body, like that of a filefish's...