Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesian Reefs

Whitebelly Toby
Canthigaster bennetti
Whitebelly Toby
Also known as: Bennett's Sharpnose Puffer
Category: Pufferfishes
Scientific Name: Canthigaster bennetti
Size: Up to 5/8 in. (1.5 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, French Polynesia
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. bennetti (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219938🔗
iNaturalist ID: 196933🔗

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