Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Papuan Toby
Canthigaster papua
Papuan Toby
Category: Pufferfishes
Scientific Name: Canthigaster papua
Size: Up to 3.5 in. (9 cm)  
Depth: 20-150 ft. (6-45 m)
Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Great Barrier Reef
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Tetraodontoidei (Suborder)
      └Tetraodontidae (Family)
       └Canthigaster (Genus)
        └C. papua (Species)
WoRMS ID: 275262🔗
iNaturalist ID: 196932🔗

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