Blue-lined toby
📖 Overview
Blue-lined toby (Canthigaster caeruleolineata), first described by Trottin, 2022 is a small fish in the family Tetraodontidae (order Tetraodontiformes). Adults typically reach 8.60 cm in maximum length. It inhabits marine coastal and open-ocean environments. It occurs in Tropical waters. It is broadly omnivorous, taking invertebrates, plant matter, and detritus.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal soft rays: 7. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D 8; A ca. 7 (may have been damaged); pectoral-fin rays 15; caudal-fin rays (i) 10 (1); dorsal-fin origin is anterior to anal-fin origin; Colouration: dorsal half of body greyish brown with relatively few short, oblique blue streaks, also present in the region between the occiput and the dorsal-fin base, the lower part of caudal peduncle with yellow spots; eye yellow; dorsal and anal fins are yellow; pectoral fins translucent; caudal fin yellowish grey, with 7 irregular, vertical, wavy blue lines .Cross section: angular.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Blue-lined toby is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range ? - 17 m . Tropical Indian Ocean: Réunion.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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