Tyler’s toby – Facts and Photographs
The Tyler's toby (Canthigaster tyleri) is rarely seen in Tanzanian waters perhaps because it is found deeper than the other toby's.
Fish in the Tetraodontidae family have the smallest genome of any verte...
Blue-spotted Toby – Facts and Photographs
The Blue-spotted Toby (Canthigaster cyanospilota) is also known as the Blue-spotted Pufferfish. They were previously known as Canthigaster Coronata but in a study done by Randall, J. E.; Williams, J. T.; Rocha...
Yellowspotted Pufferfish – Facts and Photographs
The Yellowspotted Pufferfish (Torquigener flavimaculosus) is also known as the Studded Pufferfish. As with many other puffers, they have a symbiotic relationship with types of bacteria such as Pseudoalterom...
Bennet’s Sharpnose Pufferfish – Facts and Photographs
The Bennett's Sharpnose Pufferfish (Canthigaster bennetti) is also known as Bennett's Pufferfish, the Whitebelly Pufferfish, Bennett's Toby and the Exquisite Toby. As with many other puffers, they have a s...
Immaculate Pufferfish – Facts and Photographs
The Immaculate Pufferfish (Arothron immaculatus) is also known as the Black edged Puffer and the Yellow-eyed puffer. As with many other puffers, they have a symbiotic relationship with types of bacteria suc...
Honeycomb Toby – Facts and Photographs
The Honeycomb Toby (Canthigaster janthinoptera) also known as Spotted Puffer, Spotted Pufferfish, Spotted Toby, White-spotted Pufferfish. They belong to the genus Canthigaster, whose members are called shar...
Bicolor Toby – Facts and Photographs
The Bicolor toby, Canthigaster smithae is also known as the Smiths Pufferfish. They belong to the genus Canthigaster, whose members are called sharp-nosed puffers or tobies and who are much smalle...
Long Spined Porcupinefish – Facts and Photographs
The Long spined porcupinefish Diodon holocanthus, is also known as the Spiny Ballonfish. They can be easily confused with the Short spine porcupinefish, (Diodon liturosus) which is similar in looks but has ...
Map Pufferfish – Facts and Photographs
The map pufferfish or scribbled puffer, Arothron mappa are not commonly seen on the reefs in East Africa. They obtain their name from the patterns on the body. As with many other puffers, they have a sym...
Guineafowl Pufferfish – Facts and Photographs
The the Guineafowl pufferfish or golden pufferfish, Arothron meleagris are a fairly common sight on the reefs in East Africa. They obtain their name from the coloration which resembles that of a Guineafowl....
White Spotted Pufferfish – Facts and Photographs
The white spotted pufferfish or blowfish, Arothron hispidus are a common sight on the reefs in East Africa and are frequently seen swimming around the reef edges. They are also known as the stars and strip...
Short Spine Porcupinefish – Facts and Photographs
The short spine porcupinefish (Diodon liturosus) is also known as the black-blotched porcupinefish. They can be easily confused with the long-spine porcupinefish, (Diodon holocanthus) which is similar in lo...
False Eye Toby – Facts and Photographs
The False eye toby (Canthigaster solandri) is also known as the Ocellated toby, Blue spotted toby, Jewel pufferfish, Solanders toby and the Spotted sharpnose puffer. They belong to the genus Canthigaster, ...
Black Spotted Pufferfish – Facts,Video and Photographs
The Black spotted pufferfish or blowfish, Arothron nigropunctatus is also known as the Dogface puffer or blowfish. They are a common sight on the reefs in East Africa and are frequently seen swimming aroun...
Puffer Hiding Out in a Sponge
A short spined pufferfish, or blow fish as they are sometimes called, rests inside an unusually shaped sponge, hidden from predators. These fish often wedge themselves into crevices, and if threatened they'...
White-Spotted Puffer
A white-spotted puffer (Arothron hispidus). Photographed on a shallow coral reef off the coast of Mbudya Island in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
This ornate pufferfish can reach up to 50 cm (19.6") in length....
A Vibrant Black Saddled Toby
A beautifully patterned and vibrantly colored black saddled toby, scientifically known as the Canthigaster Valentini. This fish is widely distributed throughout the tropical and...
A Toxic Saddled Puffer
A saddled puffer (Canthigaster valentin), also known as the valentinni's sharpnose puffer or black saddled toby, photographed while scuba diving off the coast of Dar es Salaam. Saddled puffers inhabit rocky...
Stunning Boxfish
A stunning whitespotted boxfish (Ostracion meleagris), photographed while scuba diving on a reef in Dar es Salaam. You can tell that is a female due to the black body and white spots. The male whitespotted ...
Sleepy Puffer
A sleepy pufferfish, photographed near a shallow reef off the coast of Bongoyo Island in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Photo by Renee Blundon....
Pufferfish
Pufferfish, also called puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, toadfish, todies, honey toads, sugar toads and sea squab, are from the family Tetraodontidae which includes at least 120...
Blue Spotted Pufferfish
A blue spotted pufferfish (Canthigaster Solandri), photographed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania....
Black Saddled Toby Facts and Photographs
The Black Saddled Toby (Canthigaster Valentini) also known as the Model Toby, the Saddled Toby and Valentini's Sharp Nose Puffer, is a very common sight in Tanzanian waters, being found on reefs, rocky outc...
Purple Puffer
From ledge to ledge and reef to reef, I move slowly in the watery deep, where depth robs colors on descent and ancient rocks fade in silence. I pause and hover to gaze at a pufferfish, swimming unpuffed yet...
The Toby and I
I'm captured and held in place... a small, yet dazzling black saddle toby juxtaposed against a backdrop of unpolished coral. The ocean's offering at the tail end of an adventurous drift dive off the coast o...
Bar-Cheeked Toadfish
A Bar-Cheeked Toadfish (Amblyrhynchotes Honckenii), photographed in the shallows of Msasani Bay. Notice the red and green outlined eyes, zebra striped sides and spotted camouflage backside, not an everyday ...
Pufferfish
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