Saltwater
Spider-eye puffer
Canthigaster amboinensis
Tetraodontidae, Canthigasterinae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 15 cm
- Body shape
- Deep-bodied
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 88 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in American Samoa, Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Ecuador, France, French Polynesia, and 22 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Inhabit shallow water, often subjected to surge. Juveniles secretive and remain in holes of outer reef flat and reef margin. Adults on shallow reef flats in high energy zones to about 10 meters depth. Juveniles among small boulders. Benthopelagic. Feed mainly on algae, but also takes polychaetes, sea urchins, brittle stars, mollusks, tunicates, corals, crustaceans and sponges.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Canthigaster margaritatus
- Canthigaster polyophthalmus
- Canthigaster solandri
- Psilonotus amboinensis
- Tetrodon amboinensis natalensis
- Tetrodon natalensis
In other languages
- Ambon-kuglefisk
- Viirukuonopallokala
- Ambon puffer, Ambon pufferfish, Ambon toby, Sharpnose pufferfish, Spotted toby
Articles
All articles
Fish that get along4 min read
Temperament, fin nippers, fish that eat other fish, and fish that need the same water. And what the Harmony mark in the app means.
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
From freshwater to saltwater3 min read
What is different in a saltwater aquarium: salt, refractometer, live rock and corals. An introduction for anyone thinking of giving it a try.