Canthigaster spp. (unpublished)

In the 1977 review of the Indo-Pacific Canthigaster, Canthigaster solandri was considered to be among the most widespread members of the genus, with a distribution extending from eastern Africa to the Hawaiian Islands. This wide-ranging species was subsequently split into three species on the basis of persistently occurring, geographically-correlated morphs in the Indian Ocean and Coral Triangle region (Anderson et al. 1998, Allen et al. 2003, E. Stump unpublished manuscript). These three species are illustrated here.

References:
Allen, G.R., Steene, R., Humann, P., and DeLoach, N. Reef Fish Identification – Tropical Pacific 2003 edition, New World Publications, Inc. pp. 457

Anderson, C.E., J.E. Randall, and R.H. Kuiter. “Additions to the Fish Fauna of the Maldive Islands: Part 2: New records of fishes from the Maldive Islands with notes on other species.” Ichthyological Bulletin 67 (1998): 20-31.