Canthigaster compressa — Common names

Fingerprint Toby learn more about names for this taxon

Many people know organisms only by the common names, or "vernacular" names. Unlike scientific names, common names are almost always different for speakers of different languages. They may also vary regionally within a language. This tab shows all the common names provided to EOL for this organism from a variety of providers, including EOL curators. Currently we can only set one preferred common name per language on a given EOL page, but all the names should be searchable.

Common names listed by language

Preferred marks the preferred name for each language.

English

Name Sources Status
Compressed Toby FishBase, NCBI Taxonomy, Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, uBio Trusted
Fine-spotted Pufferfish FishBase, Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, uBio Trusted
Fingerprint Sharpnose Puffer FishBase, Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, uBio Trusted
Fingerprint Toby FishBase, Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, uBio Trusted

Finnish

Name Sources Status
Sormenjälkipallokala FishBase, Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, uBio Trusted

Japanese

Name Sources Status
Himekinchakufugu FishBase, Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, uBio Trusted

Mandarin Chinese

Name Sources Status
扁背尖鼻魨 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, uBio Trusted
扁背尖鼻鲀 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, uBio Trusted
細紋扁背魨 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, uBio Trusted
细纹扁背鲀 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, uBio Trusted

Tagalog

Name Sources Status
Butete FishBase, Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, uBio Trusted

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