{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Canthigaster punctata | status = DD | 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 punctata'' |volume=2014 |article-number=e.T193780A2276039 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193780A2276039.en |access-date=5 August 2023}}</ref> | authority = Matsuura, 1992 }}
'''''Canthigaster punctata'''''<ref>{{Cite web|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Canthigaster punctata Matsuura, 1992|url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275263|access-date=2022-01-19|website=www.marinespecies.org}}</ref> is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is a tropical marine species known only from the Mascarene Submarine Ridge in the Indian Ocean. It is reportedly oviparous.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021|editor-last=Froese|editor-first=Rainer|editor2-last=Pauly|editor2-first=Daniel|title=''Canthigaster punctata''|url=https://www.fishbase.se/summary/55015|url-status=live|website=FishBase|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725133008/http://www.fishbase.se/summary/55015 |archive-date=2014-07-25 }}</ref>
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punctata Category:Taxa named by Keiichi Matsuura Category:Fish described in 1992 Category:Fish of the Indian Ocean
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