Brown-lined Puffer
Canthigaster rivulata
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 11 diving areas across 8 countries and 5 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 4 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 16 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 6 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records