{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = Canthigaster coronata.jpg | image_caption = | genus = Canthigaster | species = coronata | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=Shao, K. |author2=Liu, M. |author3=Linardich, C. |author4=Hardy, G. |author5=Jing, L. |author6=Leis, J.L. |author7=Matsuura, K. |year=2014 |title=''Canthigaster coronata'' |volume=2014 |article-number=e.T193749A2271212 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193749A2271212.en |access-date=5 August 2023}}</ref> | authority = (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) }}

'''''Canthigaster coronata''''', commonly called the '''crowned toby''', is a species of pufferfish endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.

==Description== The crowned toby grows to a size of 14&nbsp;cm in length. Its back has three dark brown saddles that may have reminded Hawaiians of lava flows, hence the species being known by its Hawaiian name '''pu'u olai''', meaning "cinder cone". Yellow dots cover much of the whitish bodies, while blue and yellow lines radiate from their eyes.<ref>Hoover, John P. (2008). The Ultimate Guide to Hawaiian Reef Fishes, Sea Turtles, Dolphins, Whales, and Seals. Mutual Publishing. {{ISBN|978-1-56647-887-8}}.</ref>

==Related species== ''Canthigaster cyanospilota'' and ''C. axiologus'' were once synonymized with ''C. coronata'' to give the crowned toby an Indo-Pacific distribution, but Randall et al. (2008) found ''C. cyanospilota'' and ''C. axiologa'' to sufficiently distinct from ''C. coronata'' to be revalidated.<ref>Randall, J.E., J.T. Williams and L.A. Rocha, 2008. The Indo-Pacific tetraodontid fish Canthigaster coronata, a complex of three species. Smithiana, Publ. Aquatic Biodiv. Bull. 9:3-13.</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}} * {{FishBase | genus = Canthigaster | species = coronata| month = December| year = 2008}}

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Canthigaster coronata}} *{{Sealifephotos|219936}}

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coronata Category:Fish described in 1875

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