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Toby (Canthigaster spp.) - Coral Cave - Blue Planet Aquarium - 29/04/2012.

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I think you'll find this is actually a species of Toby (Canthigaster spp.)
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I think you'll find this is actually a species of Toby (Canthigaster spp.)
Ahh kk, thanks Hix - the entrance to this exhibit had all the ID boards flashing on a single screen and we saw one for the puffer, which I thought was this fish as it looked puffer-ish shaped and had similar markings from what I remember [only got a quick glimpse of the ID, and fish isn't my strongest point]
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Puffers and Tobys belong to the same family, Toby's are much smaller though. This is a photo of a Guineafowl Puffer adult, juveniles look pretty similar just smaller.

Guineafowl Pufferfish

And don't worry - I suspect fish isn't the strong point for most ZooChatters (myself included).



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I believe its a female reticulated boxfish Ostracion solorensis
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I believe its a female reticulated boxfish Ostracion solorensis
I stand corrected, it is indeed a female [O. solorensis]. As I said above, fish aren't my strong point either!
 


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