Biology:Clown toado
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Short description: Species of fish
Clown toado Canthigaster callisterna | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Tetraodontidae |
Genus: | Canthigaster |
Species: | C. callisterna
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Binomial name | |
Canthigaster callisterna (J. D. Ogilby, 1889)
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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
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clown toado.
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