Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Spotted Sharpnosed Puffer
Canthigaster punctatissima
Spotted Sharpnosed Puffer
Category: Pufferfishes
Scientific Name: Canthigaster punctatissima
Size: Up to 4 in. (10 cm)  
Depth: 10-70 ft. (3-21 m)
Distribution: Gulf of California, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Panama
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Tetraodontoidei (Suborder)
      └Tetraodontidae (Family) Pufferfishes
       └Canthigaster (Genus)
        └C. punctatissima (Species)
WoRMS ID: 275264🔗
iNaturalist ID: 96714🔗

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