Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Tetraodontiformes > Family Tetraodontidae > Genus Canthigaster

Canthigaster capistrata (Lowe, 1839)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Canthigaster*	Swainson, 1839	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Tetrodon capistratus*	Lowe, 1839	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Cardigos, F.; Tempera, F.; Ávila, S.; Gonçalves, J.; Colaço, A.; Santos, R. S. (2006). Non-indigenous marine species of the Azores. Helgoland Marine Research. 60(2), 160-169.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Canthigaster capistrata, Cape Verde, by Pinheiro, P.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Canthigaster capistrata (Lowe, 1839). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234105