{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = Canthigaster compressa.jpg | image_caption = | genus = Canthigaster | species = compressa | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=Shao, K. |author2=Liu, M. |author3=Jing, L. |author4=Hardy, G. |author5=Leis, J.L. |author6=Matsuura, K. |year=2014 |title=''Canthigaster compressa'' |volume=2014 |article-number=e.T193669A2257688 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193669A2257688.en |access-date=5 August 2023}}</ref> | authority = (Marion de Procé, 1822) }}
'''''Canthigaster compressa''''', also known as the '''compressed toby ''' or '''fingerprint toby''', is a demersal Marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae.
The fingerprint toby is a small sized fish which grows up to 12 cm.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eol.org/pages/1012913/details#size |title=Compressed Toby - Canthigaster compressa - Details - Encyclopedia of Life |access-date=2013-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095716/http://eol.org/pages/1012913/details#size |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}</ref>
It is widely distributed throughout the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fishbase.us/summary/Canthigaster-compressa.html|title=Canthigaster compressa summary page|website=FishBase}}</ref>
It inhabits the shallow sandy to silty lagoons, harbours or channels from 2 to 12 m.<ref>Lieske & Myers,''Coral reef fishes'',Princeton University Press, 2009, {{ISBN|9780691089959}}</ref> ''Canthigaster compressa'' has a diurnal activity.
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==External links== *[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275249 WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Canthigaster compressa (Marion de Procé, 1822)] * {{sealifephotos|275249}}
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compressa Category:Fish described in 1822
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