Compressed Toby
Canthigaster compressa
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
- Genus
- Canthigaster
Where to Find
Found in 16 diving areas across 7 countries and 3 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 2 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 7 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 4 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 4 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 7 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 27 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 20 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 4 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 4 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 31 records