{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | name = Clown toado<br>''Canthigaster callisterna'' | image = Canthigaster callisterna (Clown toado).jpg | image_caption = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Canthigaster callisterna | authority = (J. D. Ogilby, 1889) }}
The '''clown toado''' ('''''Canthigaster callisterna''''') a pufferfish of the genus ''Canthigaster'', is found in the southwest Pacific Ocean including Australia, the northeast coast of New Zealand, and New Caledonia. Its length is between 10 and 20 cm.
The clown toado, like other puffers, is highly poisonous.
==References== * {{ITIS |id=646433 |taxon=Canthigaster callisterna |accessdate=18 April 2006}} * {{FishBase | genus = Canthigaster | species = callisterna | month = March | year = 2006}} * Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) {{ISBN|0-00-216987-8}} * Shao, K., Liu, M., Jing, L., Hardy, G., Leis, J.L. & Matsuura, K. 2014. Canthigaster callisterna. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T193709A2263843. [https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/193709/2263843 <nowiki>https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193709A2263843.en</nowiki>.] Accessed on 09 April 2022.
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callisterna Category:Fish described in 1889
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