# Clown toado

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{{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](/source/James_Douglas_Ogilby), 1889)
}}

The '''clown toado''' ('''''Canthigaster callisterna''''') a [pufferfish](/source/pufferfish) of the genus ''[Canthigaster](/source/Canthigaster)'', is found in the southwest [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean) including  [Australia](/source/Australia), the northeast coast of [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand), and [New Caledonia](/source/New_Caledonia). Its length is between 10 and 20&nbsp;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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