Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesian Reefs

Honeycomb Toby
Canthigaster janthinoptera
Honeycomb Toby
Category: Pufferfishes
Scientific Name: Canthigaster janthinoptera
Size: Up to 3.5 in. (9 cm)  
Depth: 6-100 ft. (2-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Pacific Coast of Panama, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef
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. janthinoptera (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219940🔗
iNaturalist ID: 123146🔗

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