Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Papuan toby
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Photo: Dr. Dwayne Meadows, NOAA/NMFS/OPR / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (view on Wikimedia Commons)Preserved museum specimen.

Papuan toby

Canthigaster papua

Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).

Possibly present in the Maldives

English
Papuan toby
Scientific
Canthigaster papua
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Reef fish
Family
Tetraodontidae (pufferfishes)
Maximum size
Up to about 10 cm (standard length)
Depth and habitat
Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 6 to 50 m
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Record in the Maldives
Possibly present

Description

A small sharpnose puffer with blue spots and lines, reaching about 10 cm.

In the Maldives

Listed by FishBase only as 'possibly present' in the Maldives.

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.