ADW: Canthigaster: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii
        
        Order Tetraodontiformes
        
        Family Tetraodontidae (Puffers)
        
        Genus Canthigaster
        
        Species Canthigaster amboinensis (Ambon pufferfish)
        
        Species Canthigaster bennetti (Bennett's Toby)
        
        Species Canthigaster callisterna (Clown toado)
        
        Species Canthigaster capistrata (Macaronesian sharpnose-puffer)
        
        Species Canthigaster compressa (Compressed toby)
        
        Species Canthigaster coronata (Crown toby)
        
        Species Canthigaster cyanetron
        
        Species Canthigaster epilampra (Bluespotted goby)
        
        Species Canthigaster figueiredoi (Southern Atlantic sharpnose-puffer)
        
        Species Canthigaster flavoreticulata
        
        Species Canthigaster inframacula
        
        Species Canthigaster investigatoris
        
        Species Canthigaster jactator (Hawaiian whitespotted toby)
        
        Species Canthigaster jamestyleri (Goldface toby)
        
        Species Canthigaster janthinoptera (Honeycomb toby)
        
        Species Canthigaster leoparda (Leopard pufferfish)
        
        Species Canthigaster margaritata
        
        Species Canthigaster marquesensis
        
        Species Canthigaster natalensis (Natal toby)
        
        Species Canthigaster ocellicincta (Circle-barred puffer)
        
        Species Canthigaster papua (False-eyed pufferfish)
        
        Species Canthigaster punctata
        
        Species Canthigaster punctatissima (Spotted sharpnose puffer)
        
        Species Canthigaster pygmaea (Pygmy toby)
        
        Species Canthigaster rapaensis
        
        Species Canthigaster rivulata (Brown-lined puffer)
        
        Species Canthigaster rostrata (Caribbean sharpnose-puffer)
        
        Species Canthigaster sanctaehelenae (Bastard Hogfish)
        
        Species Canthigaster smithae (Bicolored toby)
        
        Species Canthigaster solandri (False-eye toby)
        
        Species Canthigaster supramacula (West African sharpnose-puffer)
        
        Species Canthigaster tyleri (Tyler's toby)
        
        Species Canthigaster valentini (Banded toby)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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