WoRMS taxon details

Canthigaster pygmaea Allen & Randall, 1977

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219944  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219944)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Allen, G. R.; Randall, J. E. (1977). Review of the sharpnose pufferfishes (subfamily Canthigasterinae) of the Indo-Pacific. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 30 (17): 475-517, 7 figs. [details]   
Description Small species; very secretive; comes into the open only briefly to move from one hole of the reef to the next<307>.  
Description Small species; very secretive; comes into the open only briefly to move from one hole of the reef to the next<307>. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Canthigaster pygmaea Allen & Randall, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219944 on 2023-03-23
Date
action
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1998-06-18 06:08:16Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description Allen, G. R.; Randall, J. E. (1977). Review of the sharpnose pufferfishes (subfamily Canthigasterinae) of the Indo-Pacific. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 30 (17): 475-517, 7 figs. [details]   

basis of record Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em>  [details]   

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Small species; very secretive; comes into the open only briefly to move from one hole of the reef to the next<307>. [details]
LanguageName 
English pygmy toby  [details]
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