Bennett's sharpnose puffer

Canthigaster bennetti

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth1–14 m
Water temperature18–29 °C
Best monthsApril, September, and October
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

About this species

Canthigaster bennetti is a pufferfish from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 10 cm in length.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Canthigaster bennetti”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 79 records
February: 52 records
March: 63 records
April: 110 records
May: 77 records
June: 76 records
July: 107 records
August: 61 records
September: 108 records
October: 124 records
November: 89 records
December: 75 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–14 m · Deepest record: 135 m

0–10 m: 106 records
10–20 m: 15 records
20–30 m: 9 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–29 °C

16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 3 records
22–24 °C: 8 records
24–26 °C: 17 records
26–28 °C: 171 records
28–30 °C: 87 records

Photos

(c) libby hepburn, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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Names and classification

English: Bennett's sharpnose puffer, Bennett's Pufferfish, Bennett's Toby, Brownback Toby, Exquisite Toby, roseband toby

Names in 3 more languages

French: Bourse De Sable, Canthigaster de Bennett, Poisson ballon
Japanese: Kazarikinchakufugu, カザリキンチャクフグ
Simplified Chinese: 尖嘴規, 本氏河魨, 笨氏尖鼻魨, 規仔, 點線扁背魨

Other scientific names: Canthigaster benetti, Canthigaster constellatus, Cathingaster benneti, Tetrodon ocellatus, Tropidichthys bennetti, Tropidichthys oxylophius

Similar species

Spider-eye puffer
Canthigaster amboinensis
Compressed Toby
Canthigaster compressa
Spotted puffer
Canthigaster janthinoptera
False-eyed Pufferfish
Canthigaster papua
Spotted sharpnose
Canthigaster solandri
Valentinni's sharpnose puffer
Canthigaster valentini

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
729 open-data records from 1854 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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