#2369 · 🐟 fish

Blacksaddle Toby

🇳🇱 Valentinikogelvis ·Canthigaster valentini

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © terence zahner · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Klaus Stiefel · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © 104623964081378888743 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Tony Strazzari · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Karang Asem, ID-BA, ID:© Tsu Soo Tan · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Dauin, Negros Oriental, Philippines:© Paul Sorensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Suba Basbas, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines:© portioid · CC BY 4.0
10. Gold Coast QLD, Australia:© Kelly-Anne Masterman · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Valentin's sharpnose puffer ( Canthigaster valentini ), also known as the saddled puffer or black saddled toby , is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,930iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,930 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Pieter Bleeker in 1853 (173 years ago).