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Bennett's sharpnose puffer
Canthigaster bennetti
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Bennett's sharpnose puffer
- Scientific
- Canthigaster bennetti
- Dhivehi
- Koli
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 10 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 15 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A small sharpnose puffer with brown dots on the side and a dark eyespot near the dorsal fin, reaching about 10 cm. It lives on inner reef flats and in lagoons with algae.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives the general name koli.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Canthigaster-bennetti.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=6541&GenusName=Canthigaster&SpeciesNa
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Tamborín_de_Bennett_(Canthigaster_bennetti),_Zanzíbar,_Tanz
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Koli' (Latin script). FishBase also lists 'Thundigu-koli' under India (Minicoy/Lakshadweep Mahl dialect); not used. FLAG: single source. FLAG: generic name for the group, not species-specific.