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Valentinni's sharpnose puffer
Canthigaster valentini
Distribution: Red Sea, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Description: This fish has a silvery-white body covered with numerous gray spots. Size 10-12 cm. A black stripe is an eye to another through the top of the head. Leaving two black stripes of the lower abdomen via the back, they widen the top of the sidewall. The caudal fin is yellow, covered on the upper part of a large black spot .. The head is ridged longitudinally and laterally on the nose on the forehead. Housing: It is found in shallow areas and in warm water (from 23 ° C). Like other puffer fish, it can be filled with water to turn into a ball and frighten predators. Feeding: It feeds on coral, algae and tunicates. |
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taxonomic classification
| Phylum: | Chordata | Class: | Actinopterygii | Sub class: | Neopterygii | To print in "PDF" format |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes | Sub order: | Tetraodontoidei | Family: | Tetrodontidae | |
| Genus: | canthigaster | Species: | valentini | Descriptor: | Bleeker, 1853 |  |