Canthigaster petersii

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Canthigaster petersii
Canthigaster petersii, Tanzania, East Africa, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Canthigaster petersii
Canthigaster petersii, Tanzania, East Africa, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Canthigaster petersii
Canthigaster petersii, Tanzania, East Africa, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Canthigaster petersii
Canthigaster petersii, Seychelles, East Africa, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
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Canthigaster petersii
Canthigaster petersii
Canthigaster petersii
Canthigaster petersii

Distribution


Description

White spots cover the body up to the caudal fin, and blue striations are present around the eye and dorsal profile. Black spot below dorsal fin base, and body has distinctive pale-white underside. Distributed in the Indian Ocean from Oman to Adaman Sea, and formerly thought to be C. solandri. Similar species C. solandri is restricted to the western and central Pacific, and C. papua is found in Indonesia, the Phillipines, and Papua New Guinea. 


Information

Max Size: N/A cm

Sea Temperature Range: N/A

Depth: N/A

Habitat Generalization Index: N/A

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Critically Endangered

Occurrence: Widespread (50% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Few (2 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.