- Name:
Hawaiian Blue Puffer
(View AKA's) - Family: Tetraodontidae
- Species: Puffer
- Scientific Name: Canthigaster papua
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General info about Hawaiian Blue Puffer
The Blue Spotted Puffer are members of the Canthigaster genus. The Blue Spotted Puffer Canthigaster solandri and the Papuan Toby Puffer Canthigaster papua have very similar characteristics. The lack of orange coloration around the mouth of the Blue Spotted Puffer Canthigaster solandri distinguishes these two puffers. The Blue Spotted Puffer lacks pelvic fins but has learned to use the pectoral fins to move about the aquarium. A medium or large, fish-only aquarium is suitable. Its teeth are actually a fused beak-like structure. It may eat invertebrates found in a reef tank. It becomes alarmed when in a net, therefore, use a container to transfer it.
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| Hawaiian Blue Puffer | Puffer | Tetraodontidae | Canthigaster papua | The Blue Spotted Puffer are members of the Canthigaster genus. The Blue Spotted Puffer Canthigaster solandri and the Papuan Toby Puffer Canthigaster papua have very similar characteristics. The lack of orange coloration around the mouth of the Blue Spotted Puffer Canthigaster solandri distinguishes these two puffers. The Blue Spotted Puffer lacks pelvic fins but has learned to use the pectoral fins to move about the aquarium. A medium or large, fish-only aquarium is suitable. Its teeth are actually a fused beak-like structure. It may eat invertebrates found in a reef tank. It becomes alarmed when in a net, therefore, use a container to transfer it. | PalaciosAn |
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