Biology:Clown toado

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Clown toado
Canthigaster callisterna
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Canthigaster
Species:
C. callisterna
Binomial name
Canthigaster callisterna
(J. D. Ogilby, 1889)

The clown toado (Canthigaster callisterna) a pufferfish of the genus Canthigaster, is found in the southwest Pacific Ocean including Australia , the northeast coast of New Zealand, and New Caledonia. Its length is between 10 and 20 cm.

The clown toado, like other puffers, is highly poisonous.

References

  • "Canthigaster callisterna". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=646433. Retrieved 18 April 2006. 
  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Canthigaster callisterna" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
  • Shao, K., Liu, M., Jing, L., Hardy, G., Leis, J.L. & Matsuura, K. 2014. Canthigaster callisterna. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T193709A2263843. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193709A2263843.en. Accessed on 09 April 2022.

Wikidata ☰ Q1102825 entry