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Updated 8/18/2023

Family Tetraodontidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

GALAPAGOS

Canthigaster amboinensis

Three Tables, Oahu, 25 feet

 

Waikiki Aquarium

Night, Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

 

 

Night, Kapoho tidepool, Hawaii

 

 

Sharks Cove, Oahu, 20 feet

 

Kahalu'u, Hawaii, 4 feet



Kahe Point, Oahu, 12 feet

AMBON PUFFER

Fairly common in shallow rocky areas exposed to surge.  Gray with blue radiating lines around the eye.  Attains 5 inches.  East Africa to Japan, Hawai'i, Society Islands, and the Galapagos.