Compressed Toby

Canthigaster compressa

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth1–44 m
Water temperature24–29 °C
Best monthsApril, July, and August
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Canthigaster compressa, also known as the compressed toby or fingerprint toby, is a demersal Marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Canthigaster compressa”, 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: 48 records
February: 28 records
March: 34 records
April: 56 records
May: 39 records
June: 43 records
July: 58 records
August: 59 records
September: 39 records
October: 40 records
November: 35 records
December: 33 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–44 m · Deepest record: 99 m

0–10 m: 17 records
10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 3 records
40–50 m: 4 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C

24–26 °C: 1 records
26–28 °C: 14 records
28–30 °C: 50 records

Photos

(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Paolo Co, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Greg III Espera, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Compressed Toby, Fine-spotted Puffer, Fine-spotted Pufferfish, Fingerprint Sharpnose Puffer, Fingerprint Toby

Names in 6 more languages

German: Labyrinth-Spitzkopfkugelfisch
Spanish: Tamborín laberinto
Filipino: Butete
French: Canthigaster imprimé
Japanese: Himekinchakufugu, ヒメキンチャクフグ
Simplified Chinese: 尖嘴規, 扁背尖鼻魨, 紋扁背魨, 細紋扁背魨, 規仔

Other scientific names: Tetraodon striolatus, Tetrodon compressus, Tetrodon insignitus

Similar species

Spider-eye puffer
Canthigaster amboinensis
Bennett's sharpnose puffer
Canthigaster bennetti
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).
175 open-data records from 1908 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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