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Valentin's sharpnose puffer
Canthigaster valentini
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Valentin's sharpnose puffer
- Scientific
- Canthigaster valentini
- Dhivehi
- Thaakihaa koli
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 11 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 55 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A small, white sharpnose puffer with four dark saddles across the back, two reaching down to the belly, and small orange-brown spots. Its skin is toxic, and it is copied by a harmless filefish, the false puffer. Males are territorial and keep harems of females.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi Wikipedia (MRS-derived) gives thaakihaa koli.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Canthigaster-valentini.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=6544&GenusName=Canthigaster&SpeciesNa
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pez_globo_de_Valentini_(Canthigaster_valentini),_Anilao,_Fi
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Thaakihaa koli' (Latin script). FLAG: single source.