Fish Species

Valentinni's Sharpnose Puffer Fish

Valentinni's Sharpnose Puffer Fish - Description

The Valentinni's sharpnose puffer is a small white skinned puffer or toby with brown-orange stripes and spots and a yellow tail, like many other puffer fishes it is poisonous.

Popular Name: Valentinni's sharpnose puffer
Species: Canthigaster Valentini

Profile of the Valentinni's Sharpnose Puffer Fish

 This Profile contains interesting facts and information about the Valentinni's Puffer Fish species.

  • Size: Max 5 inches

  • Fish Tank conditions: Temperature 80 °F - pH 8.3 - Minimum Tank Size 30 gallons

  • Temperament: Generally non aggressive in a tank of adequate size

  • Diet / Feeding: Most live and frozen foods

  • Habitat: Tropical & sub-tropical coastal marine waters

  • Behaviour: Should not be kept with Starfish, hard Corals and invertebrates
     

  • Range: Indo-West Pacific

Scientific Classification of the Valentinni's Sharpnose Puffer Fish

 Definition: Scientific classification, or biological classification, is how biologists group and categorize species of organisms with shared physical characteristics. Scientific classification belongs to the science of taxonomy.

  • Species: Canthigaster Valentini

  • Popular Names: Valentinni's sharpnose puffer fish - Saddled Puffer - Saddled Toby - Valentini Pufferfish

  • Kingdom: Animalia

  • Class: Actinopterygii

  • Order: Tetraodontiformes

  • Family: Tetraodontidae

 

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Facts about Fish Species - Valentinni's Sharpnose Puffer Fish

The colours, shapes and sizes of individual fishes varies enormously - you really need excellent quality pictures or photographs to assist in the identification process.

A combination of the number of fins and their characteristics, color, scale counts, general features, maximum length and distribution are used during a species identification process.

 

The species detailed on this website are Tropical, Saltwater, Aquarium , Marine , Pet , Pond, Clown, Koi, Beta (Betta), Gold Fish (Goldfish), Star, Angel, Puffer, Discus, Piranha, Rainbow, Parrot, Crustaceans, Sea Anemones and Coral.

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