Canthigaster valentini
Black-saddle toby | Banded Toby | Black Saddled Toby | Black-saddled Toby | Model Toby | Saddleback Pufferfish | Saddled Pufferfish | Sharpnose Puffer Fish | Valentini's Sharpnose Puffer
Canthigaster valentini, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Photo: Graham Edgar
Canthigaster valentini, juvenile, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Canthigaster valentini, Japan, Photo: Graham Edgar
Canthigaster valentini, Lord Howe Is, Australia, Photo: Andrew Green
Similar Species
Same Genus
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Three triangular black saddles over back, plus 4th over eyes, and with darker spots on body in between. Middle 2 black saddles extend further onto underside and lack yellow edges as on C. axiologus (crowned toby).
Information
Max Size: 11 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 19.1-31.1°C
Depth: 1-55m
Habitat Generalization Index: 29.19
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: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Common (23.6% 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.
Edit by: extract from RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland