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Crown toby

Canthigaster coronata (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)

Status not recordedbony fish

The crown toby (Canthigaster coronata) is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, order Tetraodontiformes.

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Quick facts about the crown toby

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the crown toby live?

Not recorded

Is the crown toby endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the crown toby classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderTetraodontiformes
  5. familyTetraodontidae
  6. genusCanthigaster
  7. SpeciesCanthigaster coronata (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)

Synonyms Canthigaster cinctus, Canthigaster coronatus, Tetraodon coronatus, Tetrodon cinctus

Other names and names in other languages (17)
  • Crowned pufferEnglish
  • Crowned pufferfishEnglish
  • Hawaiian crown tobyEnglish
  • Saddle tobyEnglish
  • Saddle-back pufferEnglish
  • Three-barred tobyEnglish
  • HadroomArabic
  • Peix bola nan hawaiàCatalan
  • Leshcal
  • hranobřich čtyřskvrnnýCzech
  • Kronen-SpitzkopfkugelfischGerman
  • Tamborín Coronado de HawáiSpanish
  • Poisson BallonFrench
  • ハナキンチャクフグJapanese
  • Baiacu-anão-coroado-havaianoPortuguese
  • ปลาปักเป้าจมูกแหลมThai
  • Canthigaster CouronnéFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the crown toby

Other species in the same genus Canthigaster.

Model toby

Canthigaster valentini

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

Spotted toby

Canthigaster solandri

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

Ambon toby

Canthigaster amboinensis

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

Clown toby

Canthigaster callisterna

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

Rapa toby

Canthigaster rapaensis

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

Maze toby

Canthigaster rivulata

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

CompareCrown toby vs Model tobyCrown toby vs Spotted tobyCrown toby vs Ambon tobyCrown toby vs Clown toby

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

What kind of animal is the crown toby?

The crown toby (Canthigaster coronata) belongs to the family Tetraodontidae in the order Tetraodontiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Crown toby (Canthigaster coronata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/canthigaster-coronata

MLA

“Crown toby (Canthigaster coronata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/canthigaster-coronata.

BibTeX
@misc{canthigaster_coronata_2026,
  title = {Crown toby (Canthigaster coronata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/canthigaster-coronata},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}