• Name:

    Hawaiian Blue Puffer

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  • Family: Tetraodontidae
  • Species: Puffer
  • Scientific Name: Canthigaster papua
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Also Know As:

| Blue Dot Toby Puffer

| Sharpnosed Puffers

| Tobies

| Blue Dot Sharpnosed Puffer

| Honeycomb Toby Puffer

General info about Hawaiian Blue Puffer

The Blue Spotted Puffer are members of the Canthigaster genus. The Blue Spotted Puffer Canthigaster solandri and the Papuan Toby Puffer Canthigaster papua have very similar characteristics. The lack of orange coloration around the mouth of the Blue Spotted Puffer Canthigaster solandri distinguishes these two puffers. The Blue Spotted Puffer lacks pelvic fins but has learned to use the pectoral fins to move about the aquarium. A medium or large, fish-only aquarium is suitable. Its teeth are actually a fused beak-like structure. It may eat invertebrates found in a reef tank. It becomes alarmed when in a net, therefore, use a container to transfer it.
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Hawaiian Blue Puffer Puffer Tetraodontidae Canthigaster papua The Blue Spotted Puffer are members of the Canthigaster genus. The Blue Spotted Puffer Canthigaster solandri and the Papuan Toby Puffer Canthigaster papua have very similar characteristics. The lack of orange coloration around the mouth of the Blue Spotted Puffer Canthigaster solandri distinguishes these two puffers. The Blue Spotted Puffer lacks pelvic fins but has learned to use the pectoral fins to move about the aquarium. A medium or large, fish-only aquarium is suitable. Its teeth are actually a fused beak-like structure. It may eat invertebrates found in a reef tank. It becomes alarmed when in a net, therefore, use a container to transfer it. PalaciosAn

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