Bicolored Toby

Caudal peduncle and sides behind pectoral fins covered with dark dots; dark lines around eye; sometimes with a dark stripe on midventral line of belly; fins translucent with dark-edged rays; upper and lower edge of caudal fin dark (Ref. 4919).Description: Characterized further by dark to medium brown on upper head and back and white below; faint brown to yellowish stripe from chin to lower tail base; yellowish rim around the eye; blue bands radiating from eye; caudal fins with dark brown upper and lower margins; depth of body at origin of anal fin 2.7-3.1 in SL; head length 2.1-2.5 in SL; snout length 1.5-1.9 in head length; caudal peduncle depth 2.3-3.5 in head length; slightly rounded caudal fin (Ref. 90102).

Oviparous (Ref. 205).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 9

Inhabits outer reef slopes (Ref. 9710). Solitary (Ref. 90102). Found on clear inner reefs, often on slopes near bases of steep walls with mixed rubble and boulders in depths of about 30 meters (Ref. 48637).

Canthigaster smithae, known as the bicolored toby, is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae native to the Indian Ocean. It ranges from Agaléga, Mauritius to Durban, South Africa, as well as the Maldives. It is a reef-associated species found at a depth of 20 to 40 m (66 to 131 ft), where it typically occurs alone near rubble and steep rock walls. It is oviparous and reaches 13 cm (5.1 inches) in total length.

In outer reef slopes (Ref. 9710).