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Blue-spotted toby
Canthigaster cyanospilota
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Blue-spotted toby
- Scientific
- Canthigaster cyanospilota
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 10 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom, recorded from 10 to 80 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A small sharpnose puffer with blue spots, reaching about 10 cm, living on sand and rubble on seaward reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Canthigaster-cyanospilota.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pez_globo_(Canthigaster_cyanospilota),_Mahé,_Seychelles,_20
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.