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Macaronesian Toby

Canthigaster capistrata

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 15, February 14, March 11, April 22, May 16, June 10, July 16, August 42, September 7, October 11, November 12, December 12.
Spain188
Canarias184
Portugal15
Região Autónoma da Madeira15
Andalucía4
Morocco1
Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima1

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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