Clown toado
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The clown toado, Canthigaster callisterna, a pufferfish
of the genus Canthigaster
, is found in the southwest Pacific Ocean
including Australia
, the northeast coast of New Zealand
, and New Caledonia
. Its length is between 10 and 20 cm.
The clown toado, like other puffers, is highly poisonous.
Pufferfish
Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the Tetraodontiformes order. The family includes many familiar species which are variously called pufferfish, balloonfish, blowfish, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, toadfish, toadies, honey toads, sugar toads, and sea squab...
of the genus Canthigaster
Canthigaster
Canthigaster is a genus in the pufferfish family .- Species :* Spider-eye puffer, Canthigaster amboinensis * Bennett's sharpnose puffer, Canthigaster bennetti...
, is found in the southwest Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
including Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, the northeast coast of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, and New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
. Its length is between 10 and 20 cm.
The clown toado, like other puffers, is highly poisonous.