Names
| English name | Caribbean Sharpnose-puffer |
| Alternative English name | Sharpnose Puffer |
| Alternative English name | Sharpnose Pufferfish |
| Papiamento name | Blas |
| Valid name | Canthigaster rostrata (Bloch, 1786) |
| Synonym | Canthigaster rostratus (Bloch, 1786) |
| Synonym sensu lato | Tetrodon rostratus Bloch, 1786 |
Classification
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Animalia [kingdom]
Animals
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Chordata [phylum]
Chordates
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Actinopterygii [class]
Ray-finned Fishes
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Tetraodontiformes [order]
Puffers and Filefishes
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Tetraodontidae [family]
Puffers
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Canthigaster Swainson, 1839 [genus]
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Canthigaster rostrata (Bloch, 1786) [species]
Caribbean Sharpnose-puffer
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Canthigaster rostrata (Bloch, 1786) [species]
Caribbean Sharpnose-puffer
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Canthigaster Swainson, 1839 [genus]
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Tetraodontidae [family]
Puffers
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Tetraodontiformes [order]
Puffers and Filefishes
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Actinopterygii [class]
Ray-finned Fishes
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Chordata [phylum]
Chordates