{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic Taxobox | name = Sharpnose puffer | image = Canthigaster callisterna (Clown toado).jpg | image_caption = Clown toado, ''Canthigaster callisterna'' | taxon = Canthigaster | authority = Swainson, 1839 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }}
'''''Canthigaster''''' (from Ancient Greek κανθός (''canthós''), meaning "corner of the eye", and γαστήρ (''gastḗr''), meaning "belly"<ref>{{cite web | title=Canthigaster axiologus summary page | url=https://www.fishbase.se/summary/canthigaster-axiologus }}</ref>) is a genus in the pufferfish family (Tetraodontidae). A fish from this genus is sometimes referred to as a "toby" (a generally accepted name that originated in Australia) or a "sharpnose puffer".<ref>Scott W. Michael, "Tobies or Pufferfish" Retrieved 15 Jan 2013 from http://www.fishchannel.com/media/saltwater-aquariums/species-info/puffer/call-them-tobies.aspx.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231055/http://www.fishchannel.com/media/saltwater-aquariums/species-info/puffer/call-them-tobies.aspx.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }}</ref>
==Species== There are currently 37 recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Canthigaster| month = October | year = 2012}}</ref><ref name=Williams2012/> * ''Canthigaster amboinensis'' <small>(Bleeker, 1865)</small> (Spider-eye puffer) [[Image:Canthigaster amboinensis Réunion.jpg|thumb|Spider-eye puffer (''Canthigaster amboinensis'')]] * ''Canthigaster axiologus'' <small>Whitley, 1931</small> (Pacific crown toby) *''Canthigaster aziz'' <small>Matsuura, Bogorodsky, Mal & Alpermann 2020</small> (Aziz's toby)<ref>Matsuura, Keiichi et al. “Canthigaster aziz, a new deep-dwelling toby fish (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from the Red Sea.” ''Zootaxa'' vol. 4834,1 zootaxa.4834.1.5. 18 Aug. 2020, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4834.1.5</ref> * ''Canthigaster bennetti'' <small>(Bleeker, 1854)</small> (Bennett's sharpnose puffer) * ''Canthigaster callisterna'' <small>(J. D. Ogilby, 1889)</small> (Clown toado) * ''Canthigaster capistrata'' <small>(R. T. Lowe, 1839)</small> (Macaronesian sharpnose-puffer) * ''Canthigaster compressa'' <small>(Marion de Procé, 1822)</small> (Compressed toby) * ''Canthigaster coronata'' <small>(Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)</small> (Crowned puffer) * ''Canthigaster criobe'' <small>J. T. Williams, Delrieu-Trottin & Planes, 2012</small> (Striped toby)<ref name=Williams2012>Williams, J.T., Delrieu-Trottin, E. & Planes, S. (2012): A new species of Indo-Pacific fish, Canthigaster criobe, with comments on other Canthigaster (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) at the Gambier Archipelago. ''Zootaxa, 3523: 80–88.''</ref> * ''Canthigaster cyanetron'' <small>J. E. Randall & Cea Egaña, 1989</small> * ''Canthigaster cyanospilota'' <small>J. E. Randall, J. T. Williams & L. A. Rocha, 2008</small> * ''Canthigaster epilampra'' <small>(O. P. Jenkins, 1903)</small> (Lantern toby) * ''Canthigaster figueiredoi'' <small>R. L. Moura & R. M. C. Castro, 2002</small> (Southern Atlantic sharpnose-puffer) * ''Canthigaster flavoreticulata'' <small>Matsuura, 1986</small> * ''Canthigaster inframacula'' <small>G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1977</small> * ''Canthigaster investigatoris'' <small>(Annandale & J. T. Jenkins, 1910)</small>[[Image:Valentinni's Sharpnose Puffer.jpg|thumb|right|Valentinni's sharpnose puffer ''(Canthigaster valentini)'']] * ''Canthigaster jactator'' <small>(O. P. Jenkins, 1901)</small> (Hawaiian whitespotted toby) * ''Canthigaster jamestyleri'' <small>R. L. Moura & R. M. C. Castro, 2002</small> (Goldface toby) * ''Canthigaster janthinoptera'' <small>(Bleeker, 1855)</small> (Honeycomb toby) * ''Canthigaster leoparda'' <small>Lubbock & G. R. Allen, 1979</small> (Leopard sharpnose puffer) * ''Canthigaster margaritata'' <small>(Rüppell, 1829)</small> (Pearl toby) * ''Canthigaster marquesensis'' <small>G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1977</small> * ''Canthigaster natalensis'' <small>(Günther, 1870)</small> (Natal toby) [[Image:Canthigaster natalensis - 2.JPG|thumb|Natal toby (''Canthigaster natalensis'')]] * ''Canthigaster ocellicincta'' <small>G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1977</small> (Shy toby) * ''Canthigaster papua'' <small>(Bleeker, 1848)</small> (Papuan toby) * ''Canthigaster punctata'' <small>Matsuura, 1992</small> * ''Canthigaster punctatissima'' <small>(Günther, 1870)</small> (Spotted sharpnosed puffer) * ''Canthigaster pygmaea'' <small>G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1977</small> (Pygmy toby) * ''Canthigaster rapaensis'' <small>G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1977</small> * ''Canthigaster rivulata'' <small>(Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)</small> (Brown-lined puffer) * ''Canthigaster rostrata'' <small>(Bloch, 1786)</small> (Caribbean sharpnose-puffer) * ''Canthigaster sanctaehelenae'' <small>(Günther, 1870)</small> (St. Helena sharpnose pufferfish) * ''Canthigaster smithae'' <small>G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1977</small> (Bicolored toby) * ''Canthigaster solandri'' <small>(Richardson, 1845)</small> (Spotted sharpnose) * ''Canthigaster supramacula'' <small>R. L. Moura & R. M. C. Castro, 2002</small> (West African sharpnose-puffer) * ''Canthigaster tyleri'' <small>G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1977</small> (Tyler's toby) * ''Canthigaster valentini'' <small>(Bleeker, 1853)</small> (Valentinni's sharpnose puffer)
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