# Canthigaster punctata

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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
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| 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](/source/Keiichi_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](/source/species) of pufferfish in the family [Tetraodontidae](/source/Tetraodontidae). It is a tropical marine species known only from the Mascarene Submarine Ridge in the [Indian Ocean](/source/Indian_Ocean). It is reportedly [oviparous](/source/Oviparity).<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>

== References ==
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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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