Scientific Name	Canthigaster valentini   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bleeker, 1853)	Depth	1 - 55M
Chinese	瓦氏尖鼻魨	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	四齒魨科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F509　Tetraodontidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	橫帶扁背魨
Max Length	11 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	日本婆河魨、尖嘴規、規仔、日本婆規、刺規(臺東)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Ambon I., Moluccas Is., Indonesia
Synonyms	Cathigaster valentini, Tetraodon gronovii, Tetraodon valentini, Tetrodon taeniatus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；中國動物誌-魨形目(蘇等, 2002)  Bleeker, P. 1853 Tyler, J.C. 1966 Smith, J. L. B. 1975 Winterbottom, R. 1975 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 蘇錦祥, 李春生 編著 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0054075. ASIZP0056887. ASIZP0057354. ASIZP0060438. ASIZP0060448. ASIZP0070091. ASIZP0070902. ASIZP0073179. ASIZP0073520. ASIZP0073564. ASIZP0804408. ASIZP0804409. ASIZP0805604. ASIZP0806069. ASIZP0806113. ASIZP0914408. ASIZP0914409. ASIZP0915604. ASIZP0916069. ASIZP0916113. ASIZP0916844. ASIZP0916884. FRIP00165. FRIP20120. FRIP22249. NMMBP05446. NMMBP05527. NMMSTP00541. NTOUP200801-063. NTOUP200910-138. NTOUP200910-159. NTOUP201203-122. NTUM01372. NTUM01373. NTUM01374. NTUM01375. NTUM01376. ...List all 49 records...
Barcode	,,CO1,100% ,,CO1,100%
Common Name	Sharpnose puffer fish; Saddleback pufferfish; Valentinni's sharpnose puffer; Banded toby; Black saddled toby; Black-saddled toby; Model toby
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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