Spotted sharpnose
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Male spotted sharpnoses defend territories where females live.
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The real Spotted sharpnose
- Scientific name
- Canthigaster solandri
- Japanese name
- インドパシフィックトビー
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
- Genus
- Canthigaster
Where the name “Spotted sharpnose” comes from
Its scientific name honors the Swedish naturalist Daniel Solander.
Museums VictoriaA small sharpnose puffer that lives in tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
How the Spotted sharpnose lives
It lives in habitats such as coral reefs and seagrass beds. It mainly eats red and green algae, as well as sponges and molluscs. Females lay their eggs in algal nests during the day.
Museums VictoriaBasic data
- Range
- Tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific
Where the Spotted sharpnose has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- インドパシフィックトビー
- 简体中文
- 索氏尖鼻鲀
- 繁體中文
- 索氏尖鼻魨
- Español
- Tamborín de Solander
- Français
- Poisson Ballon
- Português (Brasil)
- Baiacu-anão-do-Kiribati
- Italiano
- Pesce palla di Solander
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — インドパシフィックトビーChecked: 2026-11-04
- Museums Victoria — Fishes of Australia — Solander's Toby, Canthigaster solandriChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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