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Caribbean Sharpnose Puffer

Canthigaster rostrata

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 5, February 4, March 5, April 10, May 6, June 3, July 3, August 3, September 3, October 3, November 4, December 4.
United States13,299
Texas53
Mexico37
Quintana Roo37
North Carolina20
United States Virgin Islands14
Colombia12
Panama11
Puerto Rico8
Provincia de Bocas del Toro8

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderPuffers and Filefishes · Tetraodontiformes
FamilyPufferfishes · Tetraodontidae
GenusTobies · Canthigaster

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Caribbean Sharpnose Puffer with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.