Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Black-Saddled Toby
Canthigaster valentini
Black-Saddled Toby
Also known as: Valentinni's Sharpnose Puffer, Saddled Pufferfish
Category: Pufferfishes
Scientific Name: Canthigaster valentini
Synonyms: Tetraodon valentini
Size: 2 to 3.5 in. (5 to 9 cm)  
Depth: 5-150 ft. (2-45 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Australia, French Polynesia, Fiji
Chordata (Phylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Tetraodontidae (Family)
      └Canthigaster (Genus)

Odd-Shaped Swimmers
Pufferfishes

Black-Saddled Toby

Blue-Spotted Puffer

Whitespotted Puffer

Immaculate Puffer

Striped Puffer

Map Puffer

Map Puffer (Juvenile)

Guineafowl Puffer

Blackspotted Puffer

Reticulated puffer

Star Puffer

Ambon Toby

Pacific Crown Toby

Whitebelly Toby

Fingerprint Toby

Hawaiian Crown Toby

Lantern Toby

Hawaiian Whitespotted Toby

Honeycomb Toby

Papuan Toby



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