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Updated 4/13/2020

Family Tetraodontidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Canthigaster valentini

Wakatobi, Indonesia

 

Night colors, Indonesia


Pura, Indonesia

Huahine, Society Islands


Palau


Yap

  
   

VALENTIN'S PUFFER

Common on sheltered coral reefs.  Attains 4.5 inches.  Red Sea to Japan and the Tuamotus, excluding Hawaii.  The Mimic Filefish Paraluteres prionurus is a non-poisonous look-alike.