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Ricardo Betancur, license: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Tetraodontiformes
Family:
Tetraodontidae
Subfamily:
Canthigasterinae
Genus:
Canthigaster
Species:
rostrata
Common:
Caribbean sharpnose-puffer
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Eastern Central
Atlantic, Southeast
Atlantic, Southwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Fish, M. P., Mowbray, W. H. 1970. Sounds of Western North Atlantic Fishes, A Reference File of Biological Underwater Sounds. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, MD.
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