Leopard Puffer - Canthigaster leoparda Reef Safe With Caution

Leopard Puffer - Canthigaster leoparda Reef Safe With CautionLeopard Puffer (Canthigaster leoparda) The Leopard Puffer, Canthigaster leoparda, is a rare and attractive sharpnose puffer with a pale body, leopard like brown blotches, blue facial markings and a distinctive spotted pattern. Also known as the Leopard Toby or Leopard Sharpnose Puffer, this Eastern Indian Ocean species is an inquisitive marine fish with plenty of personality. It is best suited to fish only or carefully planned marine aquariums, as it

but broader care references describe it as delicate and requiring extra preparation

There is a black spot behind the head

angelfish preparations

including parts of the west-central and south-eastern Pacific

as sand-sifting gobies can become thin if the sand bed does not provide enough natural food

Diet:Omnivorous micro-predator

The Lineatus Wrasse

they are best placed on stable rockwork or a secure lower-to-middle area where they have enough space to expand and defend themselves from nearby corals

including the Nias Island and Medan/Sumatra region in trade and type locality records

Also commonly referred to as Australian Scott’s Fairy Wrasse

It may be shy when first introduced and can retreat quickly into a chosen cave or burrow if startled

it may vigorously defend its territory from other fish and may even bite during aquarium maintenance