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Fingerprint Toby - Canthigaster compressa The Fingerprint Toby - Canthigaster compressa is brown paler underside, orangish tail with blueish bars; numerous wavy white to blue to green lines cover body, ocellated black spot below dorsal fin base. Bali,Canthigaster compressa,Fish,Geotagged,Indonesia,Padang Bai,Spring,Toby Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Fingerprint Toby - Canthigaster compressa

The Fingerprint Toby - Canthigaster compressa is brown paler underside, orangish tail with blueish bars; numerous wavy white to blue to green lines cover body, ocellated black spot below dorsal fin base.

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''Canthigaster compressa'', also known as the compressed toby or fingerprint toby, is a demersal Marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae. The fingerprint toby is a small sized fish which grows up to 12 cm.

It is widely distributed throughout the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits the shallow sandy to silty lagoons, harbours or channels from 2 to 12 m. ''Canthigaster compressa'' has a diurnal activity.

Species identified by Albert Kang
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Oct 21, 2017. Captured Oct 17, 2017 09:46 in Jl. Silayukti, Padangbai, Manggis, Kabupaten Karangasem, Bali 80871, Indonesia.
  • TG-5
  • f/6.3
  • 1/200s
  • ISO400
  • 18mm