''Canthigaster punctata'' is a
species of pufferfish in the family
Tetraodontidae. It is a tropical marine species known only from the Mascarene Submarine Ridge in the
Indian Ocean. It is reportedly
oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
.
References
punctata
Taxa named by Keiichi Matsuura
Fish described in 1992
Fish of the Indian Ocean
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