Toby

Toby (Canthigaster spp.) - Coral Cave - Blue Planet Aquarium - 29/04/2012.

I think you'll find this is actually a species of Toby (Canthigaster spp.)

Hix said:

I think you'll find this is actually a species of Toby (Canthigaster spp.)

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Ahh kk, thanks Hix - the entrance to this exhibit had all the ID boards flashing on a single screen and we saw one for the puffer, which I thought was this fish as it looked puffer-ish shaped and had similar markings from what I remember [only got a quick glimpse of the ID, and fish isn't my strongest point]

Puffers and Tobys belong to the same family, Toby's are much smaller though. This is a photo of a Guineafowl Puffer adult, juveniles look pretty similar just smaller.

http://www.zoochat.com/1393/guineafowl-pufferfish-229119/

And don't worry - I suspect fish isn't the strong point for most ZooChatters (myself included).



Hix

I believe its a female reticulated boxfish Ostracion solorensis

Chlidonias said:

I believe its a female reticulated boxfish Ostracion solorensis

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I stand corrected, it is indeed a female [O. solorensis]. As I said above, fish aren't my strong point either!