Canthigaster rostrata Caribbean Sharpnose-puffer, Caribbean sharp-nose puffer

Canthigaster rostratais commonly referred to as Caribbean Sharpnose-puffer, Caribbean sharp-nose puffer. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 700 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 2184
AphiaID:: 127411

Scientific:: Canthigaster rostrata
German:: Karibischer Spitzkopf-Kugelfisch
English:: Caribbean Sharpnose-puffer, Caribbean Sharp-nose Puffer

Category:: Pufferfishes/Globefishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Tetraodontidae (Family) > Canthigaster (Genus) > rostrata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Bloch, ), 1786

Occurrence:: Barbados, Guadeloupe, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Central Atlantic, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Madeira, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 1 - 40 Meter
Size:: up to 4.72" (12 cm)
Temperature:: 69.8 °F - 78.8 °F (21°C - 26°C)
Food:: Algae, Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Hydrozoa polyps, Schrimps, Sea urchins, Sea weed, Snails, Sponges, Starfishs, Worms
Tank:: 153.98 gal (~ 700L)
Difficulty:: Only for advanced aquarists
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Canthigaster amboinensis
Ambon Spitzkopfkugelfisch
Canthigaster axiologus
Kugelfisch
Canthigaster bennetti
Benetts Kugelfisch
Canthigaster callisterna
Clown-Spitzkopfkugelfisch
Canthigaster capistrata
Makaronesischer Spitzkopfkugelfisch
Canthigaster compressa
Labyrinth-Kugelfisch
Canthigaster coronata
Kronen-Kugelfisch
Canthigaster criobe
Canthigaster cyanetron
Canthigaster cyanospilota
Spitzkopfkugelfisch
Canthigaster epilampra
Ring-Spitzkopf-Kugelfisch
Canthigaster figueiredoi
Kugelfisch
Canthigaster flavoreticulata
Canthigaster inframacula
Canthigaster investigatoris
Canthigaster jactator
Hawaii-Spitzkopfkugelfisch
Canthigaster jamestyleri
Spitzkopfkugelfisch
Canthigaster janthinoptera
Netz-Spitzkopf-Kugelfisch
Canthigaster leoparda
Leopard-Kugelfisch
Canthigaster margaritata
Spitzkopf- oder Perlen-Kugelfisch
Canthigaster marquesensis
Canthigaster natalensis
Natal-Spitzkopfkugelfisch
Canthigaster ocellicincta
Kugelfisch
Canthigaster papua
Falschaugen-Kugelfisch
Canthigaster petersii
Canthigaster punctata
Canthigaster punctatissima
Gepunkteter Spitzkopfkugelfisch
Canthigaster pygmaea
Zwerg-Spitzkopfkugelfisch
Canthigaster rapaensis
Canthigaster rivulata
Kugelfisch
Canthigaster rostrata
Karibischer Spitzkopf-Kugelfisch
Canthigaster sanctaehelenae
St. Helena Kugelfisch
Canthigaster smithae
Kugelfisch, Zweifarbiger Toby
Canthigaster solandri
Augenfleck-Spitzkopf-Kugelfisch
Canthigaster supramacula
"Westafrikanischer Spitzkopfkugelfisch"
Canthigaster tyleri
Tylers Spitzkopfkugelfisch
Canthigaster valentini
Sattel-Spitzkopfkugelfisch, Sattel-Krugfisch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2007-03-26 21:01:33
Last edit:: 2017-04-23 16:59:42

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Canthigaster rostrata are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Canthigaster rostrata, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Canthigaster rostrata, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

Info

(Bloch, 1786)

Inhabits reefs and marginal habitats such as seagrass beds. Diet consists of seagrass, sponges, crabs and other crustaceans, mollusks, polychaete worms, sea urchins, starfishes, hydroids and algae.

Synonyms:
Canthigaster rostratus (Bloch, 1786)
Tetrodon ornatus Poey, 1867
Tetrodon rostratus Bloch, 1786

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Tetraodontidae (Family) > Canthigaster (Genus) > Canthigaster rostrata (Species)